Wish i would've seen that quote before spending $25 on two of these for a road bike used for commuting. Since moving to New Mexico the local goatheads &40extremely tough, spiky, seed pods of a weed&41 are the bane of my cycling existence. I put Slime's plastic inserts in my mtn bike tires. Since they have no adhesive, they're a little tricky keeping in place while installing a tube. Slime's are hard plastic, but a goathead managed to find the outer edge and bypass the liner straight to the tube. I like the idea that this product has an adhesive binding, making installation easier. The tape is felt-like, so i can see how a sharp object can pass through it. As a test i took a goathead out of a shoe and it slides right through the felt with very little resistance. My hope is that the extra thickness will at least help reduce the frequency of flats. We'll see.
I'm installing today, i'll try to remember to report my experience later on.
&40About my rating it's too early to tell, so i'm going middle-of-the-road for now. I just wanted others to see the sharp objects warning before buying. I'm trying to stop thorns, not blunt-headed bullets!&41
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