> 2) Well I had 3 disintegrate on me at the sidewalls and they all had very little wear. <

A couple questions on this. How many miles did you tend to get before this happened? Was this the Turbo Armadillo or some other version? About when was this (I'm thinking in terms of possible improvements since you used them).

> 4) As I recall pretty well. <

That's definitely good to know.

> 5) The ones I had seemed wider then my current tires (same size). I wonder why in tires a mm is not a mm....The ride was fine but it might have been because the tires were big - bigger tires easier ride. <

I've read some stuff about them being that way - another reason why I'm looking at the 23c size. I have 25c now and the closest size to that in the armadillo is a 26c. Right now I can get the wheels out without releasing the brakes (which on my bike is hard to do for me!). I figure the 26, besides being a bigger size but also because of how Specialized seems to measure things smaller than they are, would be too wide to do this. Hopefully the 23c will allow it.

What size did you use?

Bob