Michelin speediums are the worst tire ever!!!
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Michelin speediums are the worst tire ever!!!
6th flat in a couple weeks, i have never flatted so much, its like they attract crap and then say "hello glass, come right in and slash my inner tubes!" i am taking them of and burning them tonight!
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sometimes it's unavoidable.
for the record, bontrager race-lite hardcases let you run over glass whenever you want.
for the record, bontrager race-lite hardcases let you run over glass whenever you want.
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yes they are so bad. the next time someone says "hey, I think ill buy some speediums, lets see some reviews..."
and it is not all glass, i somehow got a car fuse stuck in one the other day. thank you other people for real advice!
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DUDE. I have Speediums on both my front and rear wheel. I have only had this setup built and rideable for a few days, and haven't had a problem....yet. It's funny you should mention them b/c I never have seen any other reviews and they were cheap and made by Michelin, so I figured they would be okay. Maybe I'll get lucky...I hope cause I really can't afford new tires right now. I got mine for 20 bucks a pop from Ben's.
Also, I have Ultra Sports on my road bike and have gotten tons of flats. TONS. ughhh. what should I get instead?? Gator Skins??
Also, I have Ultra Sports on my road bike and have gotten tons of flats. TONS. ughhh. what should I get instead?? Gator Skins??
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order your tires from Probikekit.com from now on. You get free shipping and the prices are much lower than getting tires in the states. You can get gatorskins for $26
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I'm using Speedium 2 and i've had 1 flat in a little over a year. And the piece of metal I pulled out of the tire would have punctured practically any tire. They've been good and cheap. I just keep my tire pressure around 110psi.
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yes speediums are cheap, i actually bought them for 20 for the pair (thats too cheap). I actually put some conti ultra sports on (a brand new pair I had laying around) Im sure they will suck horribly as well but i am just fed up with the speediums.
my other bike has Vredstein Fortezza SE which were a bit pricier, but I have never had a flat, ever and i ride both bikes in brooklyn equally.
lesson learned, buy good tires
my other bike has Vredstein Fortezza SE which were a bit pricier, but I have never had a flat, ever and i ride both bikes in brooklyn equally.
lesson learned, buy good tires
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I've never tried Speediums, but I always assumed they must be garbage.
Gatorskins are great, and last forever. I almost never flat with Conti Gatorskins.
I currently use a Michelin Krylion on the rear and a Michelin P3R on the front. I feel like this is the best of both worlds (puncture resistance and fast). I flat maybe 1 or 2 times a year.
I have a pair of Lithions sitting around, which are a grade above Speediums in the Michelin hierarchy, but I have yet to try them. I heard they are reasonably good.
I almost never skid, BTW.
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soma everwears are the truth....but yeah i learned early with tires you get what you pay for...
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Hm using conti ultras right now, is it me or do they make a lot of noise? I actually hear them rolling on the ground, or it might me something else who knows.
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Yeah, unfortunately cheap tires are indeed cheap tires. I ride Krylions in Detroit (proper). I rarely have issues, and that is saying something because we have streets full of Detroit Diamonds (safety glass), glass bottles, metal scrap, etc.
I have flatted twice due to debris that would have flatted any tire. One of the instances actually destroyed the tire, but yeah.
Good tires are worth the money. I tend not to want go get flats in the areas I ride through.
I have flatted twice due to debris that would have flatted any tire. One of the instances actually destroyed the tire, but yeah.
Good tires are worth the money. I tend not to want go get flats in the areas I ride through.
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All tires make noise. The acoustic properties of your rim has a lot to do with it. Seems my deeper rimmed wheels are noisier, regardless of tire.
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I know what you mean, they sound like they are sticky or something. After you ride them for a bit they will lose this noise, but the rolling resistance must be horrible, I mean they sound like they are covered in adhesive. I have never heard noise like this in tires
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I checked this site, and the only links they have in the 'tyres and tubes' section are 'road folding', 'road tubular', 'mtb tyres', 'cyclocross tyres', and 'innertubes and accessories'. I thought tubular tires were the kind with no innertube, and folding tires were the kind with a softer bead. Aren't we talking about non-folding, non-tubular tires? Pardon me if I'm getting my terms wrong; I was just really excited about inexpensive prices on nice tires.
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I checked this site, and the only links they have in the 'tyres and tubes' section are 'road folding', 'road tubular', 'mtb tyres', 'cyclocross tyres', and 'innertubes and accessories'. I thought tubular tires were the kind with no innertube, and folding tires were the kind with a softer bead. Aren't we talking about non-folding, non-tubular tires? Pardon me if I'm getting my terms wrong; I was just really excited about inexpensive prices on nice tires.
Most likely as a mail order place they'll only sell folding clinchers because a non folding clincher would be expensive to ship via the mail. For all practical purposes, a folding and non-folding clincher is the same tire except that one of them you can fold up when it's not on the rim.
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Okay, thanks.
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I checked this site, and the only links they have in the 'tyres and tubes' section are 'road folding', 'road tubular', 'mtb tyres', 'cyclocross tyres', and 'innertubes and accessories'. I thought tubular tires were the kind with no innertube, and folding tires were the kind with a softer bead. Aren't we talking about non-folding, non-tubular tires? Pardon me if I'm getting my terms wrong; I was just really excited about inexpensive prices on nice tires.
Folding tires = clincher tires
Open tubular = clincher tire
Tubular = tube sewed into tire requiring glue