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<blockquote data-quote="flxible" data-source="post: 90974" data-attributes="member: 998"><p>For the latter half of my riding career I've subscribed to that theory (we're all looking for an edge) that natural rubber tubes do not tear when punctured, whereas synthetic tubes can. And thus far, knock on wood, the fairly low number of punctures I've had through the years have been limited to being just punctures, usually brought to my attention by a slow deterioration in handling that had me stopping to inspect. The one exception was recently, with a bike borrowed to run the USCRA MotoGiro last fall in Pennsylvania, which picked up a sheet rock screw in the rear that put a three inch tear in the synthetic tube and made for an abrupt, quite lively halt to proceedings. While anecdotal, it was enough to reinforce the use of the natural tubes. The trade-off has always been paying twice as much for a tube compared to synthetic, and the need monitor the pressure, usually topping up biweekly or so, but I consider that worthwhile as I'd probably not be checking my pressure regularly otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flxible, post: 90974, member: 998"] For the latter half of my riding career I've subscribed to that theory (we're all looking for an edge) that natural rubber tubes do not tear when punctured, whereas synthetic tubes can. And thus far, knock on wood, the fairly low number of punctures I've had through the years have been limited to being just punctures, usually brought to my attention by a slow deterioration in handling that had me stopping to inspect. The one exception was recently, with a bike borrowed to run the USCRA MotoGiro last fall in Pennsylvania, which picked up a sheet rock screw in the rear that put a three inch tear in the synthetic tube and made for an abrupt, quite lively halt to proceedings. While anecdotal, it was enough to reinforce the use of the natural tubes. The trade-off has always been paying twice as much for a tube compared to synthetic, and the need monitor the pressure, usually topping up biweekly or so, but I consider that worthwhile as I'd probably not be checking my pressure regularly otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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