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Old 11-13-07, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by banerjek
Marketing hype -- calling them "the most flat resistant tires in the world" is simply BS. I rode Armadillos for years for a combined total of easily over 30K miles. They are significantly more flat resistant than most other tires. I think they are a decent commuting tire, but they have a brutal ride and terrible wet weather grip.
Similar to my experience. I only bought one set of Armadillos because they handled so poorly on a fast downhill section of my commute. And they did flat on glass.
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