This is easily the most narrow two-track, brush covered, narrow and hazardous trail I've ridden to date. What an adventure.
27 Miles into this off-camber narrow trail, I heard a pop and saw an explosion of green as the "slime" sprayed out of the tire.
Initially, I didn't think plugs would work, so I cut up a foam air filter, wrapped it in plastic wrap (from my sandwich) and crammed that into the gash. The foam filter was too flexible, so didn't hold and just fell out.
I then put the 40+ plugs in and it held for about 10 minutes and two air refills, but after that, they all just fell out and the tire was 100% flat.
We were only half-way through the track (about 27 miles into it). It was a tough ride with 4 good tires, but I was out a front/left tire.. oddly, the one tire that was probably the most required due to the trail leaning that direction.
Suffice it to say that you CAN run a Bighorn tires flat for 12+ miles over some very hostile terrain.
Large tree in the trail that we had to cut back.
My initial attempt to plug the 2" gash worked for about 10 minutes before the plugs all fell out.
This is what a tire looks like after being ridden flat for 12+ miles in hostile terrain:
Garmin tracks for the Boundary Trail:
27 Miles into this off-camber narrow trail, I heard a pop and saw an explosion of green as the "slime" sprayed out of the tire.
Initially, I didn't think plugs would work, so I cut up a foam air filter, wrapped it in plastic wrap (from my sandwich) and crammed that into the gash. The foam filter was too flexible, so didn't hold and just fell out.
I then put the 40+ plugs in and it held for about 10 minutes and two air refills, but after that, they all just fell out and the tire was 100% flat.
We were only half-way through the track (about 27 miles into it). It was a tough ride with 4 good tires, but I was out a front/left tire.. oddly, the one tire that was probably the most required due to the trail leaning that direction.
Suffice it to say that you CAN run a Bighorn tires flat for 12+ miles over some very hostile terrain.
Large tree in the trail that we had to cut back.
My initial attempt to plug the 2" gash worked for about 10 minutes before the plugs all fell out.
This is what a tire looks like after being ridden flat for 12+ miles in hostile terrain:
Garmin tracks for the Boundary Trail:
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