"Rich Clark" <
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> "zeldabee" <
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> > Guy Chapman <
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>
> > I like my Conti TT's, but I'm not looking forward to flatting with them--they're the tightest
> > tires I've ever put on a wheel, and I've
> changed
> > many a flat in my day. I remember a training ride where several people struggled to install a
> > Conti tire.
>
> Yeah, really. It it took skill, patience, tools, and not a little cursing to get my TT2k's on and
> off my Mavic 519 rims. They're great tires and I never had a flat, though; I just finally wore
> them out.
>
> I put Panaracer Pasela TG's on (because I had them already) and I can mount and unmount them with
> my hands in no time at all. Good thing, because I've flatted twice in the first thousand miles,
> both times from glass nuggets that I believe (without proof) would never have penetrated the
> Conti's.
Of course, I'd rather not flat as often, and have more difficulty changing the tire, but then I
think I've mastered the technique of getting the TTs on. Once I get the tire all the way on but for
the last bit, I go back to the valve end and wiggle the tire a bit, working my way around on both
sides. I might have to do this twice. I'll still have a hard time getting it in, but it seems to
help. It also helps if I stay calm, stare off toward the horizon, and hum a little, as if I don't
really care whether the tire goes in or not. Seems to work.
> But the Pasela is a nice, light, smooth, fast, easy-to-mount tire, I'll give 'em that.
Ah, now I like a slick tire, and the tread on the TT took some getting used to. I like them much
better now that I've reversed the rear tire back the way I think it should be (Conti says to install
it backward FSR). I've got slicks on The Toy (racing-style road bike), and I do enjoy a spin on it
now and then. Like buttah.
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