The last of tire testing. For now…

Created on 13 April 2009 Last Updated on 13 April 2009 Conrad 1 Comment

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Frank checking tire pressure, Chris and Mike coming back from checking out the rocks, and me snacking on a peanutbutterbanana

This was the 2nd and last day of tire testing. We also looked into trail side tire fixing:

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Rocky trail, where I tried to hit every sharp rock as hard as I could, and Reno in the background.

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We also tested puncture fixing tools. Some of them were customized for mountain bike tires. Instead of ATV and car tires. The nails and box cutter was to make the puncture with…

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1st step- poke big hole in tire ….

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2nd step- plug hole

3rd step- ride.

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Joebrs Jakars 30-09-2010, 00:20

thnaks man, for the great article, i will keep reading

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