Tyre Savers for puncture prevention.

[Orraman]

Has anyone thought of using these old fashioned tyre savers?

This is a quote from the link below.

"Over a period of several years I used to commute from Watford into central London, averaging 4000 miles yearly, being rarely troubled by the puncture bug. I am sure the reason for this was the fitting of tyre savers/flint catchers which flicked out any road debris before it could penetrate the tyre tread. I still use them at the present time, but my stock of them is now very low and I am finding it impossible to replace them. Does no-one manufacture this simple device any more, and if not, why not? I am sure if they were available people would use them. "

Dave

Tyre Savers or Tyre Comb? – 2002.09

Tyres Q&A

 

[Mussels]

There was a thread about these some time ago. I think Flecc pointed out why they were dangerous to use on modern bikes, I don't remember the reason.
If you are that bothered Marathon plus tyres are probably the modern answer.

 

[flecc]

These cropped up in a thread a little while ago with a couple of them illustrated, but i don't know of any commercially available.

Some have made their own up.
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