Elodea
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This thing is pure evil. If you bike a lot, you may be familiar with the Goathead plant, otherwise known as the Puncturevine. Great name, actually, because those pretty little vines with attractive flowers produce numerous seedheads in the summer. Seedheads that look like medieval maces, a hard almost inpenetrable shell with a humongous spine that protrudes straight upwards. Perfectly created so that the thorn almost always faces upwards.
Well a few months ago I got one of these in my bicycle tire, and that put my good old KawasakI out of commission. Just fixed it a week ago, but I had no idea where that thorn came from. So I biked on. Now fast forward to a few days ago. I was doing my usual morning biking (riding around the city with zero idea where I was going), when I realize that both front and back tires are peppered with these things. Well.
Yesterday I was riding my bike along with my friend, who was walking. As we passed by a sidewalk I ride on all the time, he looked at his sandals. Zillions of little thorns stuck in them. I look at my tires. Zillions of little thorns stuck in them. Then I realize I've been biking over a literal pincushion and I never even noticed. Stupid goatheads, though puncturevine is probably the better name.
So now both of my bike tires are flat out of air. I'm thinking of using the brand Slime to seal them again, but with at least 10 holes in each tire, I'm not exactly sure. And those tubes didn't even last a week. Does anyone here have experience with this brand of tire sealant? I'm almost paranoid now.
Well a few months ago I got one of these in my bicycle tire, and that put my good old KawasakI out of commission. Just fixed it a week ago, but I had no idea where that thorn came from. So I biked on. Now fast forward to a few days ago. I was doing my usual morning biking (riding around the city with zero idea where I was going), when I realize that both front and back tires are peppered with these things. Well.
Yesterday I was riding my bike along with my friend, who was walking. As we passed by a sidewalk I ride on all the time, he looked at his sandals. Zillions of little thorns stuck in them. I look at my tires. Zillions of little thorns stuck in them. Then I realize I've been biking over a literal pincushion and I never even noticed. Stupid goatheads, though puncturevine is probably the better name.
So now both of my bike tires are flat out of air. I'm thinking of using the brand Slime to seal them again, but with at least 10 holes in each tire, I'm not exactly sure. And those tubes didn't even last a week. Does anyone here have experience with this brand of tire sealant? I'm almost paranoid now.