Originally Posted by
gugie
To prove your point, here's a pic from our good buddy @
Drillium Dude on the Ironhorse Trail heading east from North Bend, Washington. He's riding 25mm sewups, picture taken with no hands while riding
In the interests of accuracy, while the tires are indeed 25mm (Challenge Elites) they are clinchers rather than tubulars. Mere seconds before getting a rear puncture on Saturday's ride I was feeling pretty confident in the flat-resistance of these tires and was in fact just about to voice that opinion to my riding partner. Talk about letting the air out of one's tire! Anyway, I still rate them for feel and performance - oh, and the tire came off the rim no problem, although the tube stuck to the inside of the casing more than any other tire/tube combination, ever. Talc will fix that.
The rest of the bike:
DD