{"id":79,"date":"2016-08-01T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2016-08-01T03:03:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T03:03:00","slug":"tires-tubes-and-sealant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Tires, tubes and sealant???"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p>I had a good ride yesterday. \u00a0Left my house and went down to Palos Verdes and up the switchbacks on Palos Verdes Drive East. \u00a0That\u2019s a 2 mile climb so it was a good test. \u00a0I got passed on the way up by a\u00a0group of about 30 or 40 riders all on nice road bikes \u2013 much, much lighter than my bike with its load!! \u00a0But I got many words of encouragement as they went by \u2013 although many of them were probably thinking to themselves \u2013 this guy is insane!! \u00a0But, it was a 50+ mile ride and I felt good when I got home.\n<p>I have already learned a l<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"80\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/?attachment_id=80\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tires-and-Tubes.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1469993871&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tires and Tubes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tires-and-Tubes.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tires-and-Tubes.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Tires and Tubes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tires-and-Tubes.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tires-and-Tubes.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ot and I haven\u2019t even left yet. \u00a0The more experienced bike tourers have provided a lot of good information about tires and tubes. \u00a0The bane of all cyclists is flat tires!! \u00a0So, there are ways to minimize flats. \u00a0The picture <!--more-->shows the difference between just regular riding and touring equipment. \u00a0The smallest box is a regular tube for my road bike (700-23). \u00a0The next larger box is a standard tube for the wider tires on my touring bike (700 x 35). \u00a0 The box next to that is a special \u2018thorn puncture resistant\u2019 tube. \u00a0As you can see, it is much larger and heavier than a \u2018standard\u2019 tube. \u00a0The largest box contains a heavy duty touring tire that has extra thick puncture resistant belts in it. \u00a0Hopefully the combination of the thick touring tire and the special tubes will minimize flats. \u00a0Some people also advocate using sealant in the tubes themselves. \u00a0Our group seems to be split on this issue and I haven\u2019t yet decided what to do about this.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there is a weight penalty for the heavy duty tire and tube but in my mind, it is preferable to getting flats!! \u00a0Only time will tell if it was worth the investment. \u00a0 I was hoping to get my new tires and tubes on before I head for San Luis Obispo but I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ll get it done. \u00a0That said, my current tires and tubes have been great so far so hopefully they\u2019ll make it another couple hundred miles. \u00a0Next stop \u2013 San Luis Obispo on Wednesday!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a good ride yesterday. \u00a0Left my house and went down to Palos Verdes and up the switchbacks on Palos Verdes Drive East. \u00a0That\u2019s a 2 mile climb so it was a good test. \u00a0I got passed on the way up by a\u00a0group of about 30 or 40 riders all on nice road bikes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/?p=79\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tires, tubes and sealant???<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7FBZO-1h","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikingwithmike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}