jedi_rider
07-08-04, 11:58 AM
Does anyone know what tires US Postal used on the cobblestones? Just wondering...
Road Cycling - USPS Tires
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Smoothie104
07-08-04, 01:23 PM
They looked like de-badged Schwalbe Tubulars
lotek
07-08-04, 01:35 PM
Wheels are Bontrager tubulars (no you can't buy them, they don't
produce them for retail). I thought the tires looked like a tufo Elite Road.
I do know Hutchenson (who supply tires to team) do not produce
tubulars.
Marty
produce them for retail). I thought the tires looked like a tufo Elite Road.
I do know Hutchenson (who supply tires to team) do not produce
tubulars.
Marty
SteveE
07-08-04, 02:07 PM
Anyone know what Phonak is riding? 'Cause I want to avoid them at all costs!
darrencope
07-08-04, 02:15 PM
Anyone know what Phonak is riding? 'Cause I want to avoid them at all costs!
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Retro Grouch
07-08-04, 02:20 PM
Anyone know what Phonak is riding? 'Cause I want to avoid them at all costs!
Exactly what I was thinking!
Exactly what I was thinking!
lotek
07-08-04, 02:43 PM
The Phonak web site shows Zipp Speedweaponry for carbon wheels
and DT Swiss hubs/Wheels/spokes.
Zipp has a line of tires but the web site lists Continental tires.
The Continental site states that Phonak are using Competition and
Tempo tubulars. Tempo is (I thought) a track tire which might explain
all the punctures!
ain't the internet a great thing?
Marty
and DT Swiss hubs/Wheels/spokes.
Zipp has a line of tires but the web site lists Continental tires.
The Continental site states that Phonak are using Competition and
Tempo tubulars. Tempo is (I thought) a track tire which might explain
all the punctures!
ain't the internet a great thing?
Marty
pgreene
07-08-04, 03:21 PM
The Phonak web site shows Zipp Speedweaponry for carbon wheels
and DT Swiss hubs/Wheels/spokes.
Zipp has a line of tires but the web site lists Continental tires.
The Continental site states that Phonak are using Competition and
Tempo tubulars. Tempo is (I thought) a track tire which might explain
all the punctures!
ain't the internet a great thing?
Marty
i looked them up too. i've had bad luck with continentals, personally. to see the horrors they're having only cinches it. no more contis for me, thank you very much.
and DT Swiss hubs/Wheels/spokes.
Zipp has a line of tires but the web site lists Continental tires.
The Continental site states that Phonak are using Competition and
Tempo tubulars. Tempo is (I thought) a track tire which might explain
all the punctures!
ain't the internet a great thing?
Marty
i looked them up too. i've had bad luck with continentals, personally. to see the horrors they're having only cinches it. no more contis for me, thank you very much.
slvoid
07-08-04, 03:27 PM
Why would a team with millions of dollars of budget and experience use track tires on wet cobble stone roads? Did someone REALLY screw up?
pgreene
07-08-04, 03:37 PM
Why would a team with millions of dollars of budget and experience use track tires on wet cobble stone roads? Did someone REALLY screw up?
millar blamed his team's equipment selection for his losing out on the prologue last year. of course, now we know he was just so hopped up the chain couldn't take it... ;)
millar blamed his team's equipment selection for his losing out on the prologue last year. of course, now we know he was just so hopped up the chain couldn't take it... ;)
wintermute
07-08-04, 05:57 PM
check out this month's issue of Wired. They have an article where they show each piece of armstrong's equipment. they showed the price for everything except for the wheelset, whose price was listed as "custom". the article said that the wheels he uses on ascents are so light (and flimsy) that they're designed with a useful life of one stage, then the set is thrown out.
Smoothie104
07-08-04, 06:11 PM
and he still got worked on the Ventoux, by Mayo and his tubular Ksyriums.
jedi_rider
07-09-04, 01:02 PM
Tyler blew another tire in today's stage!!! What the heck is goin' on!?
Laggard
07-09-04, 01:19 PM
Phonak also broke two handlebars.
jedi_rider
07-09-04, 03:34 PM
Phonak also broke two handlebars.
In today's stage? Wow! Not going to get those handlebars put on my ride either.
In today's stage? Wow! Not going to get those handlebars put on my ride either.
Allen H
07-09-04, 03:43 PM
In today's stage? Wow! Not going to get those handlebars put on my ride either.
No - the failed handlebars were in earlier stages - one in the TTT and one on Stage 5, IIRC. But they've had several other "mechanicals" that were never described in detail, too - and they weren't just flats, so there's definitely a problem with their equipment, IMO.
No - the failed handlebars were in earlier stages - one in the TTT and one on Stage 5, IIRC. But they've had several other "mechanicals" that were never described in detail, too - and they weren't just flats, so there's definitely a problem with their equipment, IMO.
jedi_rider
07-10-04, 08:37 PM
What do you guys all think about the Michelin Tubeless tires being ridden...by I forgot which team.
Sounds like a good idea if you put Stan's Tubeless fluid in it to fill up small cuts and pricks, eh?
Sounds like a good idea if you put Stan's Tubeless fluid in it to fill up small cuts and pricks, eh?
Pat
07-11-04, 03:12 AM
i looked them up too. i've had bad luck with continentals, personally. to see the horrors they're having only cinches it. no more contis for me, thank you very much.
I have had good luck on continentals and I ride ultra 2000s. I rode a tire brand that is generally claimed to be the most bombproof but I had catastrophic failures in the side walls (long tears) on that brand on three different tires so I decided to give them up. I might have gotten them all from the same shop and who knows? Maybe the shop had a bad batch of something. I think cyclists have too small a sample size from their personal experience for it to be really valid. They can get a bad tire I suppose or they put a new tire on and run through glass a few times and decide the resulting series of flats are the tire's fault. That is natural. It is what I would do.
I have had good luck on continentals and I ride ultra 2000s. I rode a tire brand that is generally claimed to be the most bombproof but I had catastrophic failures in the side walls (long tears) on that brand on three different tires so I decided to give them up. I might have gotten them all from the same shop and who knows? Maybe the shop had a bad batch of something. I think cyclists have too small a sample size from their personal experience for it to be really valid. They can get a bad tire I suppose or they put a new tire on and run through glass a few times and decide the resulting series of flats are the tire's fault. That is natural. It is what I would do.