07-24-2018, 10:39 PM
Lol, you guys have good luck, or I have bad luck:
This was just one of the over a dozen pieces of glass and debris I found in my tire at work after riding up Columbia St. bike lane.
Multiple times I ended up being forced to ride over glass from smashed bottles and car windows. I think the city should do more sweeping. But at the end of the day you can't fight city hall (or it's a lot of work at least) and puncture resistant tires seemed to solve the problem, although, as you say, they don't roll as nicely.
And yes, the damn thing gouged my rim.
Also, I have a rear hub, so no quick release, fixing flats is a real art to it with the back wheel in, but no matter how fast it is, it's not much fun to do on the side of the road, if I was in the city, I would just catch a bus.
This was just one of the over a dozen pieces of glass and debris I found in my tire at work after riding up Columbia St. bike lane.
Multiple times I ended up being forced to ride over glass from smashed bottles and car windows. I think the city should do more sweeping. But at the end of the day you can't fight city hall (or it's a lot of work at least) and puncture resistant tires seemed to solve the problem, although, as you say, they don't roll as nicely.
And yes, the damn thing gouged my rim.
Also, I have a rear hub, so no quick release, fixing flats is a real art to it with the back wheel in, but no matter how fast it is, it's not much fun to do on the side of the road, if I was in the city, I would just catch a bus.