On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:37:08 -0400, "Dave"
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>grippiness) and wear a bit faster. I have started to love my Hutch Carbon
>Comps. (A friend, about the same build, and who's not as hard a rider as me
>goes thru a pair of 3000's in about 1500 miles, and I'm approaching 2500 on
>my Hutch's with only a slight flat spot on the rear starting to develop)
Wow. I got 600 miles out of my Carbon Comp rear, swapped the front
to it, got a couple hundred more before a moderate cut. They have
loads of little cuts on them. I intend to repair the moderate cut,
but the first rear has so many such cuts (and a flat spot with tread
worn through) that I don't think I can repair it.
>BTW, I'm 180lb, long distance road racer who at times is found to do crits
>and the odd triathlon or two (time trialing) I find the Hutch's to be great
>all around tires, that perform well in the fast corners too, and are very
>nice on those long rides as well.
I'm 210 pounds, and ride between 20 and 60 miles on most of my
rides. No racing. I descend very fast and climb very slow. I corner
with whatever speed I can bring into the turn -- usually not much;
there's not many downhill curves here.
>The feel is very nice. I do a lot of long distance, and they are more
>comfortable than others I've ridden (Vittoria, Michelin Axials). As for
I love how they feel and handle, which is why I use them.
>rolling resistance, all I can say is that they feel fast, I keep em at
>140psi, and fast cornering is not a problem. Not sure how I would really
140 psi? Which model of CC do you have? I've been using the
all-black CC with some blue on the logo. I've got some of the now
more common ones with the red-striped surface, which I expect to try
soon.
>relate "rolling resistance". I both myself 6 new ones on that sale at
>Performance a couple of weeks ago.
The black ones are extremely thin and supple, so should have great
RR. The red-striped ones are a little less thin/supple, but still
much better than many other tires. If you can get them up to 140
psi, then that will be a big RR gain. I'm afraid to overinflate such
expensive tires, for fear of damaging them.
--
Rick Onanian
