AjaxTheDog
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Anybody else keep a record of tire impalers? I say tire and not tires because it’s always the back tire, never the front. As I understand it the front tire flips the impaler up so that it can be caught at exactly the right angle and moment to puncture the rear. The odds of that seem to me like flipping a coin and having it land on its edge standing up, a near impossibility. But maybe there are way more opportunities for this to happen than I think are possible. One lesson I have learned though is never to ride the bike to Home Depot or any other home improvement store. The parking lot is a minefield littered with this stuff. That’s where I think I picked up that screw that was so long it even scratched the inside of the wheel.
I have toyed with the idea of a small but powerful magnet or wire screen just in front of the rear tire but never actually did it. Might actually make the problem worse! Nothing like having a $200 near new tire ruined at 2,000 miles. Arghhhhh...
I have toyed with the idea of a small but powerful magnet or wire screen just in front of the rear tire but never actually did it. Might actually make the problem worse! Nothing like having a $200 near new tire ruined at 2,000 miles. Arghhhhh...