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From: fred@gymble.UUCP (Fred Blonder)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: tire savers
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Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 18:07:08 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  9 18:07:08 1985
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  > From: kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker)
  > Message-ID: <65@intelca.UUCP>
  > 
  > I don't know how scientific it is, but I have been riding all year
  > with a tire saver on the rear tire and none on the front tire.  The
  > results?  No appreciable difference in the incidence of flats on
  > either tire in > 1000 miles.  . . .

I've been riding a year and a half ( > 2000 miles) with ``Mr. Tuffy''
PVC plastic tire inserts, which go between the tire and inner tube, in
both tires. So far, no flats in either tire.  (Of course, now that I've
mentioned it publicly, Murphy will probably take note. ;-) ) I ride
mostly on public streets, and believe my tires are exposed to the same
amount of crud as everyone else's.

Tire liners were discussed in this newsgroup about a year ago, and some
people reported that those of European manufacture were too stiff, and
tended to slice through the tire wall. Mine are made in the U.S. I
don't know the internal condition of my tires since I've had no reason
to take them off the wheels.
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