Goathead!

[Ptah]

[politicat]

1. Kill it with fire.

Thanks for the reminder -- if it's not windy tomorrow, I need to pull out the torch and burn this year's infestation.

Goatheads, bindweed and mosquitoes -- three species I would not miss.

[frogmarch]

2. We have tons of them here!

It really hurts to get stuck by one of them.

Here's some info on them and the plant that makes them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris

[Kali]

3. eh, they're bad when they are fresh,

but they wear out (at least if you have livestock to trample them)

Now sand burs, they are EVIL!

[Brother Buzz]

4. They are truly evil to the cyclist when they are dry

We call them puncturevine.

[Kali]

5. my kids used these

http://www.amazon.com/Bell-Solid-NoMorFlat-Bicycle-1-75-1-95/dp/B000BOCA44/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1T5PR7Y9NYVN7TGCS140

[Brother Buzz]

6. I would just as soon walk as push that added weight down the road, into a wind

I use Slime® sealant on my townie 'going to the store' bike and Kevlar skins on my country ride. Puncture thorns are a real nemesis from late Fall until the first storms wash and blow the thorns off the road. Interesting, this year was nice because our drought mostly held that satanic plant in check.