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Old 03-06-11 | 01:51 PM
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From: Mattoon,Ill

Bikes: Trek 7300 Trek Madone 4.5 Surly Cross Check

The tire width is somewhat misleading. It's supposed to mean what the width of the tire would be if it was perfectly round on the top. At one point when the save every gram marketing hit. Manufactures of tires where measuring their tires on wder rims that made the tire wider. They would claim that "their" 25 mm tire was lighter than the competions 25 mm tire. What they were doing was putting a 23 mm tire on a wider rim to make it 25 mm. It's been said that sanity has returned to tire marketing so with reputable tire manufactures you're comparing small apples to big apples.
If you're following me you see the absolute width of the tire depends on the rim width.

I did notice that BikeTiresDirect was out of stock of Big Apples. Jenson has them though and are a little cheaper but i didn't look to see if there was a difference in shipping.
my Kenda 1.95 are new so it'll be a while before I'm shopping unless I need a spare. Keep us informed as to your selection.

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