Flat tires

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Effort1584 from Bloomington, MN on 4/15/2025 3:16:34 PM:

I rode the entire trail in mid May 2024 and had no flats. In 2023 I had 4 flats in 110 miles during that same time. None of the flats were on the trail, all on streets with the worst by a grain elevator. I presume trucks were carrying the burrs in from fields. I am back again in 2025 with tubes and repair kits just in case.

Dougt from Castana, Ia on 4/15/2025 5:17:19 PM:

I'll bet that was in Bassett? A couple of years ago there were goatheads growing in the trail in the city limits by the grain elevator. Two of us did the trail out and back last year with no flats. 4 flats in 110 miles can give a guy a bad attitude!

Gtojr from Papillion on 4/17/2025 8:52:05 AM:

I think the goat heads are seasonal and worse in the fall. We road the trail in august/sept and had an average of 5-6 a day between two bikes. Of course we were riding fat tires so we were sweeping the trail of goat heads for the two riders that were with us. They averages less than one a day.

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