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Old 09-06-14, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by trailmix
....The Kriterium rode pretty well but had many flats, especially from little bits of glass....

It's that little bit of glass...

What are you riding now, both conditions and tires, compared to when you were riding the Kriteriums?
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Originally Posted by RoadTire

It's that little bit of glass...

What are you riding now, both conditions and tires, compared to when you were riding the Kriteriums?
Actually, I put the tires that the Kendas were supposed to replace back on. Continental Gatorskins with almost 8000 miles but they are getting pretty ragged but I have only had 2 flats on them. I am going to replace them in October, probably with Panaracer Ribmos. My wet commuter is running Panaracer Pasela TG-no flats in 2000 miles.
As for conditions, I use the Panaracers and the Continentals on the exact same roads as the Kendas.
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Originally Posted by trailmix
Actually, I put the tires that the Kendas were supposed to replace back on. Continental Gatorskins with almost 8000 miles but they are getting pretty ragged but I have only had 2 flats on them. I am going to replace them in October, probably with Panaracer Ribmos. My wet commuter is running Panaracer Pasela TG-no flats in 2000 miles.
As for conditions, I use the Panaracers and the Continentals on the exact same roads as the Kendas.

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Originally Posted by trailmix
The Kwest was total garbage, they made my bike ride like a slow dump truck. Fortunately, the Kwests were totally destroyed by glass in less than 2 months and I tossed them out.
Never had any issues,or flats,with Kwests. Even had them on two all alloy bikes(Swobo Otis and Dixon) and they rode fine. Kwests are used on the bikeshare bikes here and in NYC,and I've only ever seen like 3 or 4 with flats around here.
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