frank theriault wrote: > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> knarF wrote >> ...snip >> >> ...snip >>> I love the small life preservers attached to his fork.... >> I thought they were tires/tubes folded over & wrapped for protection. > > That makes infinitely more sense than life preservers <smacks self on > forehead>. > > I've never seen tires folded and wrapped that way, but obviously one > needs to carry one's own spares. I'd have figured he'd use foldable > tires (that can fold much smaller than that) but that may be an older > photo, or maybe there's a reason he doesn't like foldables. > > Life preservers? Sheesh!
When I'm going be riding more than a few miles from home I carry an extra tire, folded the same way in a front pannier. Fits nicely. St. Sheldon has a little video explaining how to do it. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/video/tire-folding.html I've also folded them this way whenever I ride the bike over to the LBS to buy new rubber. FWIW, I don't have any red toe straps, so I guess I'm pushing my luck. :) -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, PA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
