More product description: Since the tire is flexible, even a slick tire deforms as it comes into contact with the pavement, acquiring the shape of the pavement texture, only while incontact with the road. (A pinched tube will pop as soon as you air it up all the way and sit down on the bike. Generally, they don't. A common debate among cyclists centers on the issue of whether a wider tire has more or less rolling resistance. In self defense, Coke would retaliate by marketing an even lighter 700-23 labeled as a 700-25. If the tires are softer, they can flex slightly sideways to accommodate the scrub, without wearing the tread off. SpinSkins tire liners offer the best puncture protection for bike tire inner tubes and are the lightest liners available on the market. Airless tires have been obsolete for over a century, but crackpot "inventors" keep trying to bring them back.
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