wct@mordor.UUCP (Bill Thompson) (05/21/84)
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Around here a number of the biking crowd (including myself) use
Mr. Tuffy tire inserts. They definitely help, we still get some
flats, but not as many (it takes a lot to stop that 1 inch
roofing nail, for example--it still makes it through a Mister Tuffy).
I've been using them with 1 inch clinchers and regular tubes--with
less flats than I used to get with 1 1/4 inch michelins with
puncture proof tubes.
The only bad press I've seen has been in the English
CTC magazine in which some members have complained that Mr. Tuffys
had "cut" their tires--all the way around tangentially on both sides.
However, the European Mr. Tuffys are apparently made their (must be
STIFF!) and I have seen no problems among any local users.
If your local bike shop doesn't have any in stock--Bike Nashbar is
carrying them now.
Bill Thompson
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William C. Thompson III (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
U.S. Mail: LLNL, S-1 Project, P.O. Box 5503, L-276, Livermore, Ca., 94550
Phone: (415) 422-0758
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