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Old 07-07-09 | 09:18 AM
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genel
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From: Antioch, IL

Bikes: Giant Defy Advanced 0, Rivendell- Sam Hillborne, Montague folding bike.

First entry in weeks. Really nice weather this morning, very light traffic. Some deer and geese along the way filled out the experience. I bought a new road bike last month for weekends and long rides (Giant Defy Advanced) and rode it in today as I found a suspicious bulge on my comuter tires. Hopefully, can make it round trip without flats.

A Conti Grand Prix 4 Season tire finally succumbed to Farefield Road. Two parallel cuts, spaced the width of the neck of a beer bottle, through the threads down to the kevlar or whatever it is that Conti lines these things with. No flat though. I've been riding on it unawhere till this morning, and had worn the rubber off the resulting bubble. These are tough tires. Ordered a replacement from LBS.
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