Hey all,
I was on a long ride today and half way through it my front tire starts "hopping". What the duece? It gets worse. And worse. And worse. So I limp into a LBS I'm not too familiar with. I spend about 45 minutes unmounting/remounting/inflating/unmounting my tire to try and relieve the "bulge" that has appeared on the right side of the tire in a particular point. I just thought the bead wasn't hooked in the rim. Turns out the bead was seperating from the tire. Argh...... I didn't like these Conti Gatorskins to begin with and I let someone talk me into them and it turns out the one I got is defective.
Anyway, this lbs is REALLY low on their tire stock and the only thing they have is a Maxxis Columbiere. I'm a captive audience at this point. Pretty much don't have a choice so I buy the thing at $42. Anyone know anything about this tire? The rubber seems really soft. The rest of my ride was ok with the new tire. Seems like it might be fairly decent? Just never heard of this dang thing.
