My first reaction was "Andrew, what the heck! Why did you just ride through all that glass?"
But then I thought about this some more.
Andrew didn't notice the glass in the road until it was too late for him to avoid it. That just happens sometimes. But what if he had noticed it 2 seconds sooner? Would he have instinctively swerved left, potentially into traffic, to avoid it?
I hope not.
The simple lessons herein are:
- only swerve to avoid glass in the road if you are 106% certain there are no cars next to you or approaching, and
- be prepared to ride straight over glass
Since there's quite a bit of glass on roads and shoulders, does this mean we will constantly be repairing flats?
Not if you have tires made out of solid steel!Just kidding - all you really need are tires that are expressly designed to be super puncture resistant.
An incredible example of these are the Continental Gator Hardshell line of tires.
I purchased a set of these from East Coasters and on a recent ride I was bragging about them to my friend Alex Bordwine. Alex became sick of hearing me talk about my tires, he disappeared into a nearby restaurant, and came out with a big knife and an ice-pick!
7 minutes later Alex was lying on the ground, completely exhausted from wildly stabbing and slicing at my bicycle tires.
My Continental Gator Hardshells ... unfazed.
About that time Hulk Hogan was walking by and Alex strained to lean upward a little bit. He groaned to Hulk Hogan "help me" and he extended the knife and ice-pick to the greatest wrestler of all time. Hogan attacked my Gator Hardshells with fury and a crowd soon gathered as Hulkamania ran completely wild.
I won't go into all the gory details but when the ambulance arrived and 8 men hauled Hulk Hogan off on a stretcher - my Continental Gator Hardshells were still holding air.
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| Hulk Hogan is still in intensive care 18 days after his encounter with my Continental Gator Hardshells. |
