I've mentioned them here before, if you have a road bike, ride a ton on glass/shell/debris strewn roads these babies can save you many tubes and road side flats w/o going whole hog and riding 9 pound wheels (aka 28c marathon plus tires).
The current commuter has no provisions to add them so I should probably refrain from replacing the worn through pair I'm holding onto for some reason. Yeah, just some tubing and bent wire. Spokes work. But these are already pre-shaped.
Why now?
Just got the email from them:
"With this email we are announcing our intention to retire in the spring of 2013. We will continue to send out monthly emails for the next several months, advising you of any special deals and any previously unlisted items that we find in our warehouse. Rest assured that all customer information, including your email address, will be “retired” with us."
An era is closing, a remnant from days gone bye. It is remarkable that they've kept it together and going as long as they have.
The Paramount still has the Sheldon Nuts on it from when I ran these Tire Savers way back when.
Training window is limited today. Probably just going to haul some rocks again I guess.
heddwch
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The distributor that I used to work at sold the Tire Savers to the folks at Loose Screws. When the distributorship folded, they wound up offing the parts and tooling to Loose Screws. If they are ever out of stock, it is because they need to sit down at night and mangle their fingers making a couple hundred or so while they watch the football game. It would be worth giving them a ring to see if they would be willing to part with the tooling and whatever leftover supplies they have.
Tell them Thom from UBP told you about them. They'll probably only double the cost when they hear that.
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