Re: What's a good inner tube? (presta)

Larry wrote:
It's rainy season here in New England, and elsewhere, which makes for
flat tire season too

Andre Jute wrote:
Why should the rainy season be the "flat tire season"?

-snip-

Rubber cuts more readily when wet

Rain disturbs debris on the roadway randomly, tipping up pointy things

Murphy's Law; 'because it's more inconvenient'

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