Are most Continental tires a bear to install/remove?
10-14-07, 09:02 PM
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I just replaced a tube in my front rim (conti gatorskin) and didn't have any problems. I haven't mounted a new one yet though, so maybe that would be harder.
10-14-07, 09:28 PM
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Im so glad to see this, I thought thaere was somthing wrong with me the last few months, ultra sports are *****. Im also happy to see that so many other people are using them.
On a side note: Does anyone else think that the conti ultra sports are excessively sticky?, not really in a bad way, but the longest time I found it way harder to skid stop
On a side note: Does anyone else think that the conti ultra sports are excessively sticky?, not really in a bad way, but the longest time I found it way harder to skid stop
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yeah agreed on ultra sports being a ***** but conti in general being fine.
in my opinion, michelins overall are one of the hardest tires to get on and off.
when i blew out my pro2 race, my arms were as limp as my dick after getting it off and same with some cheapy eriliums i had temporarily.
maybe i'm just a weak, inexcusable excuse for a human being but it seemed like those michelins gave me a harder time overall.
in my opinion, michelins overall are one of the hardest tires to get on and off.
when i blew out my pro2 race, my arms were as limp as my dick after getting it off and same with some cheapy eriliums i had temporarily.
maybe i'm just a weak, inexcusable excuse for a human being but it seemed like those michelins gave me a harder time overall.
10-15-07, 02:37 AM
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That's been my experience, too. The first time mounting a brand new tire takes a bit of work, but nothing crazy. Then, after that, no problem.
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10-15-07, 07:55 AM
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I had such difficulty with my conti rear (700c x 25) that I took it to the LBS and sheepishly confessed to having gone through one tube and not being able to figure out why I was having such a hard time. I asked for their help and they were real nice, and said we'll show you how to do it so it will be easy. Took the guy almost twenty minutes, and he readily admitted that it was a struggle and he was not used to struggling. I felt a little less incompetent at that point. Not looking forward to changing a flat.....
10-15-07, 07:58 AM
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Im so glad to see this, I thought thaere was somthing wrong with me the last few months, ultra sports are *****. Im also happy to see that so many other people are using them.
On a side note: Does anyone else think that the conti ultra sports are excessively sticky?, not really in a bad way, but the longest time I found it way harder to skid stop
On a side note: Does anyone else think that the conti ultra sports are excessively sticky?, not really in a bad way, but the longest time I found it way harder to skid stop
10-15-07, 07:21 PM
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in general it's usually a tire-rim/combination of some sort. never tried ultra-sports but gatorskins I don't remember being particularly hard to take on and off.
vittoria's on the other hand are kinda hard anyway, but with sun cr18s they are near impossible. I gave up because even though I had done it a couple of times, taking them on and off was such a ***** it wasn't worth using them. I broke like 5 tire levers one night, even steel-core ones. I used them for a rain bike and put 700x32 slicks on those same rims, and the tires just fall on.
vittoria's on the other hand are kinda hard anyway, but with sun cr18s they are near impossible. I gave up because even though I had done it a couple of times, taking them on and off was such a ***** it wasn't worth using them. I broke like 5 tire levers one night, even steel-core ones. I used them for a rain bike and put 700x32 slicks on those same rims, and the tires just fall on.
10-15-07, 09:35 PM
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it might be cheapo continental tires in general...the ones made in taiwan as opposed to germany....i have some wire bead ultra races and they were a ***** to get on....i needed two levers and popped both tubes by the time i got them on for the first time...the second time i used thorn proof tubes, and that helped a lot.
