Originally Posted by
Andy_K
No spares in the office? How is that even possible for someone who works for Schwalbe?
I guess it's true that the cobbler's children have no shoes.
Warehouse is in Ferndale, WA I'm in Victoria BC. We literally have almost zero stock here. A few samples every now and then, but right now nothing in a 700x23 - 25 - 28. I've got my backstock at home but right now that's 5 miles away. And, just so that I feel the same pain as the end consumer these days, the tires at home are not the size that I want on this bike and we're out of the tire I want. I have to either put an old tire on my bike to get me through or use up a new tire that I was saving for the spring. I guess I'll see what I have at home and see if there's something that I have that'll get me by.
I will say this. The tire that blew is an Ultremo DD (Double Defense) 700x25 that I've had on my commuter bike for almost exactly 2 years (not sure on the mileage). It only flatted because I wore through the casing and the tube blew out. Other than today, 2 trouble free years of commuting and winter training rides on this set of tires.