{"id":878,"date":"2016-03-28T23:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T04:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/?p=878"},"modified":"2016-03-28T23:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T04:46:20","slug":"day-15-on-the-southern-tier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/day-15-on-the-southern-tier\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 15 on the Southern Tier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_879\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-2.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Steel removed from Tire\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-879\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-2.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steel removed from Tire<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Schwalbe Marathon Tires are puncture resistant, not puncture proof. I had to pull that little piece of a steel belted radial tire from my tire this afternoon. It was my second flat of the day. I could not find a leak in the tube or feel anything in the tire after breakfast. That was only one problem. The other photo shows the hole in my Park frame pump where it should slide over the tube valve. If I had been out away from town this would have been a huge problem. Sac ford, Arizona has a Walmart (my only choice since the bike shop was not open). I would like to have found a better pump.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_880\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-3.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Park pump missing valve head\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-880\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-3.jpeg 240w, http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-3-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pump missing valve head<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When the puncture came this afternoon I had to remove the panniers an lay the bike on the ground. It took nearly an hour to find the leak, remove the steel, reinstall the wheel and put everything back to ride again. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_882\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-4.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"Schwalbe tag\" width=\"321\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-882\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-4.jpeg 321w, http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-4-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.bikeacrossusa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-4-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schwalbe tag<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The added material probably helps. It isn&#8217;t perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schwalbe Marathon Tires are puncture resistant, not puncture proof. I had to pull that little piece of a steel belted radial tire from my tire this afternoon. It was my second flat of the day. I could not find a leak in the tube or feel anything in the tire after breakfast. 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