Originally Posted by
the_tool_man
Hi all:
I recently bought a used road bike, my first really nice one (Masi in my sig). It came with Hutchinson Atom tires (700x23)with black tread and grey sides.... I looked down and realized my front tire was splitting apart where the black and grey rubber meet. The splitting was occuring pretty much around the whole tire in a series of 2-5 inch long sections. I could see the cords inside the splits....
Any experience would be welcome.
Thanks in advance,
John.
Hutches have fostered fear and loathing for decades!
BITD, you could always tell which Euro team was riding Hutches, by the in ordinate number of flats...
BITD, we all looked forward to rides and races, just to get to hob-nob with all the guyz we were competing against. Friendly but Fierce competition. But if anyone rolled to the bike inspection (yes, we had mandatory bike inspection - all classes) with hutches on, they didn;t get the thumb push treatment to check for proper tire adhesion, they got the whole palm of the hand push against that tire - usually rolled the tire off no problem....
having your skewers on the right side gave you a better chance of not getting laughed at, than riding a set of hutches to a group ride...
nickname of one of the guys on an old team of mine was ... 'Hutch' , well earned...
funny that they now have a huge print in the no-flat and tubeless arenas... still won;t ride em...
EDIT: should qualify that - inspection, up to and including Cat3 - Pro/1/2 had no inspection.