So I don't remember which thread it was, but someone once mentioned bontrager hardcases having the skin start to come apart after a few thousand miles or so...SO anyway I have these tires 700 x 28 (about 1400 miles on them) and I actually have my bike on craigslist right now so I was looking real close and I noticed a tread like separation as if my slicks suddenly had a tiny little groove that went all the way around my tire. I looked on the other side and sure enough in the same spot where the black meets the gray tread there is a smaller and less frequent but still there little split. The center contact patch is getting lots of lines in it too like it's cracking as well. I was just blown away at having a similar issue. I bought my bike last spring on sale, (it's a 2009) could they be some pretty old tires on a new bike? It seems with the reviews and good things I've heard about hardcases they'd last a little longer. Thoughts?