tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264095833827785600.post143346748089487867..comments2023-08-04T08:08:15.006-07:00Comments on The Dr Codfish Chronicles: What Tires? I'll tell you what tires!Paul Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06072480695472781764noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264095833827785600.post-70847702098742569012010-02-11T11:40:24.063-08:002010-02-11T11:40:24.063-08:00I sorted out the post issue on my LJ. I had my se...I sorted out the post issue on my LJ. I had my security settings clamped down due to some previous issues. You should be able to post now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264095833827785600.post-11097153886941057472010-02-10T13:56:05.468-08:002010-02-10T13:56:05.468-08:00Clifton:
Those mylar wrappers are good. I once r...Clifton: <br />Those mylar wrappers are good. I once rode most of a 400K on a Clif Bar wrapper (I had other uses for the $20 I had in my 'rando purse'). By the way, I'm still having trouble commenting on your blog, send me an email msg and perhaps we can communicate to sort my problems out.<br /><br />Dr CDr Codfishhttp://www.drcodfish.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264095833827785600.post-36693599488607470392010-02-10T10:12:02.546-08:002010-02-10T10:12:02.546-08:00I can only think of a couple times when my flat pr...I can only think of a couple times when my flat problems have been catastrophic rather than a slow leaker. Heck, even on the last SiR ride I did, it was a slow leaker which finally forced me to stop and swap out a tube.<br />Of all those slow leakers, only once have I managed to get away with the 'pump it and finish the ride' plan of attack. Last summer on Mark's 400k; Narayan got a really flat flat 1.5 miles from the finish, and immediately after repairing his, we crested the hill on 128th and I noticed *my* rear tire was feeling soft. Determined to just finish, I pumped it up and rode it in. Sure enough, it was soft again after breakfast when I was walking it back to my car.<br /><br />Since you mentioned a Park boot... The best boot I've used was an improv after running over a sharp rock in some fresh chip-seal during the Daffodil Classic last summer. Barely 40 miles into the ride, and there was a 1/4" gash clean through the belting in my Gatorskin (big guy standing and mashing up a hill, these things happen). I used a wrapper from some awful tasting electrolyte powder I was testing out, folded it in quarters, and slipped it between the tube and casing. The electrolyte solution was terrible, but the wrapper lasted another 350 miles as a boot until I wore the tire out, so I chalked up the cost as a wash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com