I picked up 5 goatheads on my commute in this morning. 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
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09-26-2007, 05:28 AM #1
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09-26-2007, 05:29 AM #2
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In my limited experience with goatheads, it's either 5+ goatheads, or none!
Hope there's no flats for you!
Karen
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09-26-2007, 06:48 AM #3
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What's a goathead?
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?If you're happy and you know it - wag your tail!
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09-26-2007, 07:15 AM #4
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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.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
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09-26-2007, 07:36 AM #5
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5 goatheads
, 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.
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09-26-2007, 08:35 AM #6
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These are goatheads
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
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