Left for an easy road ride around dusk. Not far into the ride I felt that wobbly feeling again coming from my back tyre.. damn, not again ! Oh yes, another flat. I examined the outer tyre and this time I found a little chard of glass embedded into it.. just sticking out long enough to be able to puncture the inner tyre when this squeezed against the outer. I memded the inner again , put in some air and was on my way. But because the rim is a tubeless xtr, the outer tyre didn't 'settle' in well, leaving it to feel as if it had a bump in it. This in turn made it harder to get a good pedalling rhythm and I decided to cut the loop a little shorter than I had imagined. When I got home I immediately ordered two new outer tyres. My Racing Ralphs are worn to the thread and have become very soft . I think this must be the 6th year I have been using them. I ordered two Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 2.0x26 tyres at Chain Reaction Cycles. In view of the biking I do with this bike, I believe they are more suited than the new Racing Ralphs anyway. And they have inbuild flat protection which is always a plus, especially on evening rides. After all, mending a flat in the dark is not the easiest of things, even in the light of a 40W bulb.
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