These goddamn things are ruining my life ;_; I need any and all

Wish you luck. Got no suggestions.

>>1008977
summoning Schwalbe Professional Tires

>>1008982
Not even Marathon pluses can deal with those.

>>1008977
If you're on a mountain bike, go tubeless.

Road, avoid riding through fields of weeds.

>>1008987
Tubeless is useless with goatheads. Some malevolent divinity designed them to grow spines just large enough to prevent sealants from working.

Options

1. Schwalbe Marathon series tires
2. "thorn tube" inner tubes
3. Tubeless tires with sealant

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>>1008977
>2016
>not using peram

>>1008988
add glitter

>>1008992
Nobody uses that shit, not even you

>>1009004
kek u got me

>>1008977
Got a puncture by those fuckers three weeks ago at 4km of arriving home. I really hate getting a flat when I'm almost at home.

Continental Gator Hardshells.

Only thing I've ever had get through them was a metal spike that looked like straight up shrapnel, which I hit on a descent going 40mph.

>>1008977

Hookworms with a fuckload of sealant and glitter. inb4 too slow. Fast tires aren't fast when you have to pull over and fix flats.

>>1009033
What does the glitter do?

>>1009031
Did u die?

>>1009057
When youre tire explodes it will be fucking fabulous

>>1009057

Helps the sealant seal slices better, helps the sealant coagulate batter too.

Latex sealant AND thick tubes AND super thick tires, lower pressures, super wide tires, vigilant riding so you don't plow them, and preventative blowtorching.

And it's still not perfect.

>>1009020
isnt that better than getting a flat fucking away from home? or when leaving home?

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>>1009004
>>1008992


This looks like the only reasonable cure.
How bad are the downsides?

>>1009092
>preventative blowtorching.

wat

>>1009095
If you can cartiligise your external tires before a ride you can keep most things from getting through

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>>1009095
Gotta incinerate all organic matter in my path.

>>1009094
I don't have them, but I'd guess due to the nature they are either dense and heavy or soft and could slow you. I'm going to look into them for my shitty commuter regardless.

>>1009031
Also have a set of these on my commuter (25mm)
I've pulled quite a few goat heads out of them, and so far have had no flats.
Goat heads are fucking Satan, though.

>>1008982
>>1008984
Yeah man you're fucked

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>>1009134
Underrated

>>1008977
lrn2slalom

>>1009282

Sorry anon, I may not be religious , not sure I even believe in god but I was born a christian and I will die one.

>>1008977
>These goddamn things are ruining my life ;_;

Your life was already ruined. Collect all the goatheads you can find in a canvas bag, dump them into your bathtub, and then shove you nude body into it

>>1008977

I live in California. Goatheads galore over here. I have found that tire liners help.

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What kind of devious plant decided to spawn caltropes? Never seen those in my life

>>1009095
>>1009097

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlPND6HDx6g

No worries on the MTB with tubeless other than when they stay in the tire and embed themselves in my hand when I'm lifting the bike later.

I heard a leak once when I pulled out a mesquite thorn, but it sealed up when I shook the wheel.

>>1009308
>I may not be religious
There are only three choices, Sherlock:
(1) you are religious
(2) you are not religious
(3) you don't know WTF you are
Choose one, faggot.

>>1008977
all three of these:
• thorn-resistant tubes
• tyre liners (e.g. Mr.Tuffy)
• sealant (e.g. Slime)
... yes, it's heavier
... it's also faster than a flat

>>1009559
I choose non religious Christian.

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,

destroy any plants you see along the trail.

>>1008977
these little bastards are why I run good tires with slime tubes and liners. I had a 2 year stretch with no flats then suddenly I got 3 in a 6 month period.

>>1009104
I think it's about 1kg per solid tube on their site.

Well, /n/, just remember that those which do pierce the tyre and dislodge into a nice patch for them to grow will only have that 'tire-piercing' gene spread throughout the population.
Ultimately, the more that pierce, the more there'll be.

>>1010245
Christian for the culture, I guess?

>>1012990
>Christian for the culture, I guess?

And so I don't have to be an idiot atheist.

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>>1008977

You can TRY avoiding them.

>>1009084

Yes.

>>1008977

gotta fight fire with fire, slap on those spiked tires.

>>1013474
What if you made a tire out of actual recycled goat heads?

>>1013519
Cagers would avoid you like the plague.

>>1008977
Slime tires got the job done for me. Costs more, but worth it.

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>>1012636

Nice venus. But check these

>>1013557
>tfw kids running around the neighborhood and sees the pot
>fucks with them touching and breaking them

>>1008977
Put stans or bontrager sealant into your tubes. Or go tubeless. Remember that air cartridges will give you stans goblins faster. Diy cost with single serve bontrager sealant $10usd. Also bontrager > stans for non-racing applications

-lbs mech

Are tubeless heavier? Do they actually get less punctures?

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>>1009134
I've seen some cheap conti touring tires or even thick slicks survive a hit from those going going over 30 step up your game. Decent cx tires though

What type of bike do you ride? Try a tire liner or use an old innertube to line your tires

>>1009031
I love these, they're so fun to ride b/c of how strong they are. They last a while too.
>>1009094
Solid tubes have a higher chance of the tire bead slipping out during turns. There is not near as much pressure going to the tire bead as compared to a tube pumped to even 40psi. I would not recommend.
>>1014820
Using an old innertube works well, just make sure that you spread the old tube on the inside of the tire evenly.

I personally live in the middle of the fucking desert and I just have conti tour ride and slime tubes. I get goatheads all of the time but they're never deep enough as to not be sealed by the slime.

>>1008977
>be me
>2 years ago
>job in San Diego
>ride around bay errday after werk
>8 flats a week because of these little shits
>one day had to change three tubes within the same hour
>quit

>>1014478
Tubeless is fantastic for offroad and should usually be considered with the tech these days.

If you're riding road, the same tire built from non tubeless to TLR can be almost 2x the weight in the tire itself, and then 30-40ml of sealant. You do not get less punctures with tubeless, but they seal in a tenth of a second permanently.

Currently, I've tried and setup my customers with tubeless road and have tried my hardest to make it work for everyone. But the tires stretch past the tolerance to re-seat them to the rim often is the biggest issue that I've had with road. No amount of recommended practice from the companies I deal with can accommodate for tires stretching an extra couple millimeters radially. If you're running >35c tires, it's fine and you won't have issues down the road and you'll seal flats as you ride immediately.

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No loving god would ruin your life with go theads.
Proof there is no god

>>1008977
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris
Know your enemy, pull them out when they are green and put them in a trash can. Psyching myself up to go and pull them along my commute this weekend, I've been watching them grow all season.

Wyoming fag here. Use thick, fat tires is all I've ever been able to come up with.

These were my nightmare during my childhood. My father refused to fix my flat tires after many goathead incidents and I was trapped at home.

But my current cheap ass 700x35 tires seem resistant to them. One year has passed since I got my bike and I had no flats.

herbicide.

>2016
>not on tubeless
you're a faggot.

>>1009004
>>1008977
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bell-26-SOLID-NOMORFLAT/4805939

>>1014836
>Solid tubes have a higher chance of the tire bead slipping out during turns. There is not near as much pressure going to the tire bead as compared to a tube pumped to even 40psi. I would not recommend.

Spotted the shithead.

>>1008977
Tubeless with sealant is your only option.

>>1008988
I have never flatted from a goatshead, and I've been using stans.

>>1018539
you must not live where i live

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>>1013557
I've always wanted to stick my penis in one of those ever since I saw that episode of Bob's Burgers

>>1018628
Where do you live? I've actually never seen these things before, I'm in Texas.

>>1018538
Someone was mentioning tubeless+sealent with added glitter to patch slightly larger rips.

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Tubeless is a meme. Goo is a meme. Just get Armadillo tires.

>>1017792
THIS, pulled out a fucking ton when I was staying in NM. Fuck those things, they're not even native to these lands.

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>>1008977
Llamas,,, think these ,are DELICIOUS!,, Spageti , and meatballs,, Hawian meatballs with pineapple!

>>1020995
Can I run these tubeless with Goo in them?

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Hey, op.
You have to try Rubbered PVC fabric (RPVC), which is the fabric used to build army's zodiac boats. It's a solution cheaper and better than the slime's plastic armor.

Well:
-First, measure the total circumference of your wheels full of air, and the width.
-Second, cut the material. Keep in mind covering the rolling zone only. To give you an idea, the lenght i cut that shit was 2.2 times my wheel's circumference, and the width was about 1' for 2.2' xc tires.
-third, cut the end and begin edges, make them round to avoid self-flating

If you don't have a long rpvc fabric to work with, you can glue a couple of them to reach the length, caring to round edges before gluing.
If the tape is still flating the tubes after that, you can cover the edges with a piece of old tube.

It cant stand against nails and screws, but it protects pretty well against wires, glass, edgy rocks, cactus spines and the shits which are messing your trips. Trust me, even if my english sucks.

Differences between this and slime's plastic shit:
-the the plastic gets dry and breakable after a couple of months, but rpvc is like new even after 2000 km and 3 flats.
-easier to mount than plastic.
-cheap to buy than plastic.
-in the case of a flat on rpvc, the hole of penetration doesn't mean a risk of self-flatting. you cannot say the same in plastic case.

Good luck.

>>1018496
>Walmart
>Solid tubes
I know you're trolling but some idiot might actually buy these and hurt themselves

why is this thread still spoopy?

>>1008977
Saliva stops them from sticking to your fingers. Spit in your digits to stop getting shanked.