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Old 12-19-11, 02:52 AM
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Rowan
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The link says the tyre is not available.

Some tyres have a wire bead, in other tyres, the bead is made of kevlar or some other flexible, plastic-like material, whcih enables the tyre to be folded so carrying a spare one on the bike is much, much easier.

Folding tyres are slightly more difficult to mount on rims because they tend to flop around a bit.

I've used Innova tyres from Torpedo7 in New Zealand for commuting on an old MTB over smooth and rough gravel roads. Here is a link:

http://www.torpedo7.com.au/products/...ture-resistant

T7 often has these discounted to $9 each, and I'll order four of them at once. Postage is pretty cheap and time to delivery is about a week.
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