On Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 7:48:07 AM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-02-10 10:32, wrote:
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 6:52:27 AM UTC-8, Duane wrote:
wrote:
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7:56:22 PM UTC+1, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-02-09 09:52, wrote:


I learned pretty soon that paying more than $20 for a road bike tire is
a waste of money. In fact, they can be worse than expensive tires.
Similar for MTB tires.

That depends on your riding conditions and requirements. I ride on good
roads on my road bikes and get 4500 km out of a Continental 4000S(2) rear
tire and expect the same from the 5000 so price is not that important..

Lou



I get about the same mileage and very few flats. I think I’ve had one flat
in the last 10,000km and that was a tube giving out when I hit a pothole
hard. I ride on roads but I can’t say they’re always good roads.

Maybe Joerg is riding his road bike on single track carrying 4 gallons of
water or something...

--
duane

George does ride over gravel roads. Consequently he gets sidewall cuts.


Not much choice. Sometimes roads turn into gravel or even dirt without
the map saying so. At the most you get a sign "Pavement ends" as you get
there. Instead of turning around on I press on, just like I would in a
car. On a vehicle I expect tires not to be the princess on the pea. Some
tires are just too flimsy.

One of the Gatorskin sidewall blow-outs was on Green Valley Road from
Folsom to Cameron Park. This is paved all the way but has debris from
trucks et cetera. Luckily uphill and at low speed, didn't crash, as
there was fast rush hour traffic to the left of me. Since switching to
Asian tires ... no more sidewall blow-outs on the road bike or the MTB
and it's been years of regular riding. The MTB has to endure quite
hostile turf. A pleasant side effect was that sturdy Asian tires cost
less than half of the "name brand" ones.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

I have been far more than satisfied with the Vittoria tires. I have a set of Rubino Pro Endurance tires that I probably won't use since I'm trying to clear out most of my collection. If you'd like to try those I'll give them to you for postage or if you're in the neighborhood I can just hand them over.