Goatheads...

[sbctwin]

I picked up 5 goatheads on my commute in this morning:rolleyes: . I will watch my tires to make sure they don't go flat before my ride home tonight. Luckily, I have slime in my tires. 5 goatheads:( , go figure:cool:

[Tuckervill]

In my limited experience with goatheads, it's either 5+ goatheads, or none!

Hope there's no flats for you!

Karen

[Haudlady]

:confused: What's a goathead? :confused:

I know what a goat is, and I know what a head is, but put the two together and I just don't get it! Is this a regional plant or something?

[CorsairMac]

Goathead=very nasty thorn with 3 points.....shaped like a goats head. It's a very hard thorn so it's very easy to have the points break off like....in my thumb or in a tire.

SBC - crossing fingers no flats for you either. If it helps, I finally bought Kevlar tires And I use slimed tubes. I still pick the nasty little boogers up but I don't have flats. Now if I could just get the thorn out of my thumb I'd be a happy camper. :rolleyes:

[coyote]

5 goatheads :eek: , dang I thought we had it bad here.....everything has thorns. You do not dare to even run over a little twig. Hope you don't have a flat. Sounds like slime is the way to go.

[Tuckervill]

I picked them up in Albuquerque on a ride to the Balloon Museum. For future reference, no one at the Balloon Museum knows a thing about bus routes in Albuquerque. We had 4 flats. I knew I shouldn't have listened when my son said "let's cut across this ball park!"

There are still parts of the thorns broken off in the thick rubber of his tires.

Karen

[singletrackmind]

Ugh and best wishes for no flats. Tuffy liners work great....unless it's in a sidewall. Cheap, adds a little weight, but worth it to me.

[solobiker]

Just got back from what was going to be a quick ride and what happened?? A goat head of course, nice little flat tire. Well at least changing a tire is better then being at work:D

[Tater]

I think I cursed myself by reading this thread yesterday before heading into the office. :rolleyes: I too, flatted by goathead, on the way home. Thankfully I was about a quarter mile from the house, so I just walked home. Now if you ladies will excuse me, I have a flat to repair!

[Tri Girl]

Dadblasted goatheads :mad: (shaking fist wildly at them).

[CorsairMac]

[QUOTE=Tuckervill;248294... For future reference, no one at the Balloon Museum knows a thing about bus routes in Albuquerque.
Karen[/QUOTE]


If it helps any - very few people here know the bus routes.....not sure the bus drivers even know bus routes! :p

I called about bus routes as an alternative on the days I didn't ride. It took the transportation person 45 mins to work out a route and here was the end result:

I would have to leave my house before 7am, take 4 different buses in order to get to work and I would arrive at a stop about 1/2 mile from my office at 8:45.

Sorry folks - I can Drive it in less than 15 mins.....ride it in 20 mins.

[ehirsch83]

If it helps any - very few people here know the bus routes.....not sure the bus drivers even know bus routes! :p

I called about bus routes as an alternative on the days I didn't ride. It took the transportation person 45 mins to work out a route and here was the end result:

I would have to leave my house before 7am, take 4 different buses in order to get to work and I would arrive at a stop about 1/2 mile from my office at 8:45.

Sorry folks - I can Drive it in less than 15 mins.....ride it in 20 mins.

AHH you guys are making me miss albuquerque!! I think I am going to go out and visit soon though, hopefully the LBS will let me borrow a bike for a few rides when I am there. And I think I am going to go out in June for the crest race!!

[Tuckervill]

If it helps any - very few people here know the bus routes.....not sure the bus drivers even know bus routes! :p

I called about bus routes as an alternative on the days I didn't ride. It took the transportation person 45 mins to work out a route and here was the end result:

I would have to leave my house before 7am, take 4 different buses in order to get to work and I would arrive at a stop about 1/2 mile from my office at 8:45.

Sorry folks - I can Drive it in less than 15 mins.....ride it in 20 mins.

I had a similar experience when I called the number on the bus stop sign.

You'd think they'd have an express bus or a more direct route from Old Town (where we were staying) to the Balloon museum, wouldn't you?

ah well, it was an adventure.

Karen

[NMSunshine]

Hope I haven't jinxed myself by reading this thread - just when I think I've got myself covered for the goatheads (kevlar-lined tires, thorn-resistant tubes and slime) is about when I ride over a box of roofing nails that's been dumped into the bike lane, or the horseshoe nail from three weeks ago;)

None of the bus routes around here have ever made sense, but seem to be improving. More fun to ride, though (or even change that tire)!