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Old 02-09-16 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Stone
Ouch! I'll let go of my Conti's when they unwrap my cold, dead . . . . well, you know.
If they come in shares, I'll gladly give you mine. I've had far too many Continentals fail me to use them even around town. The straw that really broke the camel's back was 4 blowouts on two tires within the first 26 miles of a 2 week bike tour. One of them occurred within two miles of where I parked my car. The 4th one caused me to thumb a ride back to my car and made me reroute my tour. All of the blowouts occurred on tires that had been pumped to the suggested pressure.

I used the Continentals for the rest of my tour but I had to run them at 20 psi lower than the suggested pressure. There's nothing quite like riding squirmy tires for 400 miles. I'll use anything...including the Bells sold at Hellmart which are just awful...over Continentals.
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