if at first you don't succeed...

i only 'handled' one tire that was taken down from a ceiling rack at a bike shop. the feel of that tire in my hand was reminescent of holding a hula-hoop. it felt terribly ridgid, lacking any flexibilty and very hard. i believe the particular tire i held was a 700x28? the employee who 'hooked' the tire down for me advised that they can be very difficult to mount/dismount and that they rode like rocks.

hence my quip of seeming "extreme," re:armadillos. perhaps my judgment was impulsive and premature?

i'm not looking for bulletproof just a little more protection and a little less rolling resistance than my current 42c quasi-knobby.

glad to hear you love your armadillios, fox.

ride on!

*sdr*