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No more Vredestein recumbent tires?
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 02:08:42 -0500, Freewheeling
wrote: I thought (and still do) that your actions were very revealing of character. An honorable person would have sold those remaining tires at a fair price without additional mark-up. That's rather harsh isn't it Cletus? Or maybe he thinks that antiques should be sold at their original list prices? ;-) Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://chapmancentral.demon.co.uk |
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Cletus and Zach (was: No more Vredestein recumbent tires?)
Thanks, Zach, I'll be in touch soon, though not at the East Bay Ride
this month after all (snowboarding, instead). BTW, $30 is what I paid my LBS the last time I ordered the 406 S-licks. What is all this about price-gouging anyway? (Zach Kaplan Cycles) wrote in message . com... I have the S-Licks you are looking for in stock for $30 each. Zach Kaplan |
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Cletus and Zach (was: No more Vredestein recumbent tires?)
Ed, "bandwidth" was a metaphor. Don't be so serious :-)
What I tried to convey is that out of 9 or so postings to this thread only Zach came through with needed help. BTW, it's interesting that "Pinhead" also signs himself off as "Dip****"... low self-esteem perhaps :-) (Edward Dolan) wrote in message . com... What is this mania about wasting bandwidth anyway? Maybe some computer nerd could explain it to me. I just recently read a report that ISPs are having all their bandwidth taken up by kids downloading and uploading music and porn, something like 90% and going ever upward. I do not think our little messages back and forth here on ARBR can be having much of any impact in the overall scheme of things. Ed Dolan - Minnesota |
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Comp Pool Tires
mike s wrote:
would just urged me to change. Will probably change out the tandem tires too when I can find a good replacement which will give me close to the performance I am now getting since the tandem really exacerbates slow speed riding conditions. Any thoughts? Unless you object to Comets, they are available in wide widths. If I recall some test result charts floating around the net, Comets are light and have low RR, but are reputedly fragile. I see that recumbent shops are carrying up to the 1.9 now, and some BMX mail order sites seem to have 1.95 and 2.1 sizes. Maybe a fat Comet with Kevlar belt is just the thing? I have had zero flats with Avocet Freestyle slicks in about 1500 miles on my Trimuter tadpole (406mm all around), which with me, my gear and tools is probably ~280lbs total, perhaps not quite tandem weight. I always pump them up to 90psi before I ride. On my route, there are no evil goat heads or stuff like that, but lots of rocks, potholes and occasionally glass. Gaerlan has them for ~$25: http://www.gaerlan.com/bikeparts/par.../wheelbmx.html Hostel Shoppe has the newer, blackwall version for $24: http://www.hostelshoppe.com/cgi-bin/...ory=1049413514 My front tires have a flat profile about an inch wide worn on them, but haven't started showing any casing yet. The front right tire is a bit more beat up (as you'd expect on a tadpole ridden on the right side of the road) and has a cut or two, but no problems yet. These are the only tires I've ever had on the trike, so I can't compare them to anything else for performance. If I recall from that same test chart, Freestyles were pretty good as far as RR goes, though not as good as Comp Pools or Comets. -- I do not accept unsolicted commercial e-mail. Remove NO_UCE for legitimate replies. |
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