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Originally Posted by Leisesturm
Nope. Right thread. I can count. Five threads in 10 (not 10 in 10) have mentioned carcass failures. Since we were talking about Continental tires I felt my observations with them valid. But throw mine out if you want. Since you think they might not care enough about legacy sizes. Isn't there enough opinion on the exact tire in question right here in the thread to warrant a hmmm? I think so. Its an opinion forum, I threw mine in.
Since you haven't used the tires in question . . .

And yeah, I'd guess that the Conti engineers and production managers and bean counters are a whole lot less concerned about legacy sizes. It's a corporation. I can't remember ever seeing a 27" tire test, period. Or even a review other than on Amazon.
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