Thanks for the replies. Will be going on a ride tomorrow with my daughter - it was just too smoky again today for me. Hopefully about 60 miles, which should tell me if everything is OK. I did purchase new tires - Gatorskin Hardshell 28's, as I found a cut in the sidewall of one of the 25's as I was looking for a manufacture date (which I never found), and hopefully, these will offer better goat-head and farming debris protection on the roads I ride.