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So there I was a few days ago pedaling along on my way to church on Easter Sunday when I noticed it was getting a little difficult to pedal. Odd, I thought…no wind to speak of; no incline. Then I felt the tell-tale sway and heard the sound of a deflating tire sagging against the pavement. I haven’t had a tire go flat on me while I was riding a bike in quite a while (it’s more common, I believe to find them flat after letting them rest awhile). I got off the bike and pushed it the remaining 100 feet or so to church, and afterwards I pushed it about a half mile to a gas station and purchased a can of emergency tire inflation/sealant hoping it would hold enough to make it the two miles home…it did, but barely. This is the second flat I’ve had on the Mundo in the 3 years I’ve owned them (one on the v1, and this one on the v3) and I’ve come to the conclusion that while I really love this bike it also really sucks to get a flat tire on a 60lb. bike. At any rate, I survived. And on the bright side, one thing I noticed is that the stand alone kickstand acts as a sort of built in jack for the bike (pictured above)…I didn’t need to support it or lean it against anything as I changed the tire. Nice.
I still have the original tires on the bike and am thinking about upgrading. So my question to fellow Mundo riders (or any bicyclist for that matter) is actually twofold. First, what type/brand tires do you use. I’m thinking about purchasing Fat Franks (do any of you use these), and I’m also thinking about increasing the tire width from 2.0 to 2.35. any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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