[weisan]

Originally Posted by spoonrobot

I reference this incredible archive several times a week

https://yarchive.net/bike/index.html

This is classic!

Because *if* there's something on there that's loose enough to brush
> off, you've got 50% chance of banging it in instead of taking it
> out, and 50% chance of having it pierce your gloves and making you
> remember when you last got tetanus shots. Especially glass shards go
> through gloves like a hot knife through oil.

Oh you lie! What about bare hands? That's the same bugaboo that
people fear when patching a tire. They don't want to run their thumb
around the inside of the tire casing to find the cause of their
puncture for fear of bleeding to death. Your scenario only adds to
that fear. What do YOU get out of that?

I and riding companions have been wiping tubulars in the old days and
wiping the inside of clinchers for nigh on 50 years with no such
incident. I have often volunteered to run my thumb around the inside
of fearful tire patchers on the road, unable to convince them of its
safety... mainly because people like you keep the bloody myth alive.

It is not impossible, but highly improbable, and until you get even a
small scratch in the thumb, you better do it to find the obstacle.

Jobst Brandt
jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org
Palo Alto CA