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From: fred@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: tire savers & such
Message-ID: <7098@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 19-May-84 22:09:12 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 19 22:09:12 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 21-May-84 03:26:48 EDT
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In reference to the recent discussion of tire savers: No one seems
to have mentioned this:

I have installed on my bike two strips of PVC plastic of about the
width of the tire tread and about 1/8" thick, inside the tire
between it and the inner tube, for preventing flats.  They don't
seem to add noticeably to the weight of the wheel. The pair I bought
were sold under the trade name: ``Mr. Tuffy'', and cost $11.

Do they work? Well, I haven't had a flat with them in, but I haven't
been using them for a long enough to tell.

Anyone else have any opinions on these?

				      - Fred Blonder
					harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!fred