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| 2835.1 | | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Thu Aug 25 1994 12:23 | 5 |
| Small arms fire won't penetrate the tire unless it's coated
with teflon, of course... :-)
Okay, the Kevlar will make the tire a little less subject
to punctures.
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| 2835.2 | Kevlar is ok | LUDWIG::ASMITH | | Thu Aug 25 1994 12:33 | 2 |
| It also makes the tire easier to mount, this is important is you're
fixing a tire while a pack skeeters are repasting on you.
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| 2835.3 | Kevlar bead, kevlar casing, or both? | DECRAL::BODGE | Andy Bodge | Thu Aug 25 1994 12:49 | 7 |
| A tire with a Kevlar bead (instead of wire) is foldable and a little easier
to install on the rim.
If it has Kevlar in the casing (instead of cotton? or other fabric), it will
resist punctures and pothole damage better. This is what is of primary
importance to me - I seem to kill regular tires through sidewall damage well
before the tread wears out.
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| 2835.4 | too cents | ODIXIE::CIAROCHI | One Less Dog | Thu Aug 25 1994 14:42 | 25 |
| I switched from normal tire w/thorn proof tubes to kevlar tire with
normal tubes. About the same weight.
The kevlar resists puncture very well - it took the nail about two
miles to get through the belt this morning. The guy mentioning the
'skeeters musta seen me on the side of the road this morning.
Fence staples do not seem to go through - however, the tube will go
flat a day or two after I pull the damn thing out. Normal tires went
flat instantly. Even when I get a puncture, it's usually a slow leak
because the belt is protecting the tube.
The moral is that I am now going to go with kevlar belt and thorn proof
tubes, which combination will outweigh the rest of the bike. I like
the durability, for sure. I'm using Performance AT/XK 26X1.9 tires,
and keep them at about 65 lbs. They work well for an obviously hard
commute.
I'll probably want to break down and get a couple rims with street
slicks mounted for when I wanna gofast. Best I've ever gotten out of
this setup is about 38, and that was trying pretty hard in good
conditions. Cruise on the flat is about 24.
Later,
Mike
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| 2835.5 | | MSBCS::BROWN_L | | Thu Aug 25 1994 16:09 | 3 |
| My experience has been the same as .3 with sidewall punctures, so
I stopped using them (Kevlar belted). I haven't noticed an increase
in the number of "normal" punctures as of yet. kb
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| 2835.6 | | NOVA::FISHER | Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady | Thu Aug 25 1994 17:16 | 11 |
| A Kevlar belt would be under the tread and would protect a little
better against thorns and little bits of glass. Tires so equipped
will instead die of torn sidewalls.
Last March I was riding with a fellow who had Mr TUffy's inside his
tires protecting his tubes. When he got a flat we found a v-shaped cut
in hise tube. THe only thing we found that could have caused it was
that the Mr Tuffy had a matching tear in its edge. MT had caused the
the flat. :-) We removed the MT and put in a new tube.
ed
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