Spring Tire Thread
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Spring Tire Thread
Time to build up a bike and pick up some new tires. What's everyone liking these days in moderately priced (around $30 but the cheaper the better) tires? Gatorskins, Rubinos? Any particulary good deals on your favs?
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i've been riding a schwalbe blizzard on my rear wheel for a while. it was an accidental find, has a kevlar belt, cost me somewhere in the twenties, and has lasted much lonver than my prior tire, a cheapie nashbar kevlar-belted dealie.
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I dont know about deals, but I picked up a pair of the soma everwear tires when I got new wheels and I realy like them, just wanted to say it out load. Every week I clean them and pull out all the little pieces of glass. They are only 100psi but I have been riding for 4 months on them and no flats. *knock on wood*
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does anyone run the panaracer pasela tg? I was looking into getting a pair and wondered if anyone had any feedback on these
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I'm trying out a pair of rivendell's 'ruffy tuffy' tires. They're pretty smooth so far, and 700x27 seems to be about as much tire as I can fit in the rear triangle of that bike.
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I'm about to put some 700x32 conti touring tires on. Just to rack up some cool points with you guys I also added a bottle cage and a bell.
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i still love my continental grand prix 3000's. they ride fantastic, cost a bit, but i've only had one flat from where I finally skidded through the tire (well all the way through the rubber and half way through the kevlar), and made it about 10 miles on it before flatting after running over some glass with the bare spot.
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Gatorskins are what I'm riding. Tough as nails, and not a bad ride. Theyre really fun when its wet out. I hear they wear down kinda fast but so far I'm doing ok.
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i run the pasela TG's on my singlespeed commuter and they are pretty freakin awesome so far. a nicer more supple ride than the conti top-tourer's they replaced.
my vanity prevents me from liking them as much as i should though due to them ugly tan sidewalls... i most likely will try some t-serv's (apparently pretty much the same but all black) next but i won't retire these till i use them up. that could be a while since they appear to wear real well.
currently,on my fixed, i am real excited to saw through the pile of half-used tires i have in my garage while skidding/skipping like a fool through the spring and summer (just got the hang of it, now i can't get enough). i already killed one vederstein in about a month...
i ain't buyin no nice new tires for that bike till i stop having so much fun abusing them.
my vanity prevents me from liking them as much as i should though due to them ugly tan sidewalls... i most likely will try some t-serv's (apparently pretty much the same but all black) next but i won't retire these till i use them up. that could be a while since they appear to wear real well.
currently,on my fixed, i am real excited to saw through the pile of half-used tires i have in my garage while skidding/skipping like a fool through the spring and summer (just got the hang of it, now i can't get enough). i already killed one vederstein in about a month...
i ain't buyin no nice new tires for that bike till i stop having so much fun abusing them.
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Originally Posted by lbthomps
does anyone run the panaracer pasela tg? I was looking into getting a pair and wondered if anyone had any feedback on these
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Originally Posted by mrRed
i still love my continental grand prix 3000's. they ride fantastic, cost a bit, but i've only had one flat from where I finally skidded through the tire (well all the way through the rubber and half way through the kevlar), and made it about 10 miles on it before flatting after running over some glass with the bare spot.
Sadly I'm thinking that Nokians might be neccessary for spring here
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Originally Posted by drac_vamp
vredestein gets my vote and my money.
The Michelin Ironmans I got for my road bike seem to be holding up a little better.
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I don't know if any of you ever do group buys, but there is a pretty SVEET deal on these fortezza tricomps...
https://www.biketiresdirect.com/produ...78817&c=105029
real nice ride
https://www.biketiresdirect.com/produ...78817&c=105029
real nice ride
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i continue to be a fan of these https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=
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Originally Posted by lbthomps
does anyone run the panaracer pasela tg? I was looking into getting a pair and wondered if anyone had any feedback on these
The new design is more rounded than the previous models
They make that zippy sound when you skid.
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Originally Posted by lbthomps
does anyone run the panaracer pasela tg? I was looking into getting a pair and wondered if anyone had any feedback on these
I just bought some Tufo CS-33 Specials (tubular clinchers). I'll let you guys know how they perform in a couple of weeks.
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i've had the opposite experience with the panarancer pasela tourguards. i rode 750 miles cross-country on them and got ZERO flats.
on my track bike i use gatorskins, but when they die, i'm getting more paselas.
on my track bike i use gatorskins, but when they die, i'm getting more paselas.
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just picked up some vrettisin SE's:
can't wait to try 'em out. but i've been riding Conti Gator-K's that have
been incredibly tough... hardly ever get flats, skid all the time, going on 2 years.
can't wait to try 'em out. but i've been riding Conti Gator-K's that have
been incredibly tough... hardly ever get flats, skid all the time, going on 2 years.