Product Review

[bernard slater]

Fitted Continental Ultrasport tyres and two punctures in the same ride.

Changed to Michelin Axial Carbons and 10 days now on the same roads with no
punctures

Just coincidence or ....?

 

[Mike Jacoubowsky]

> Fitted Continental Ultrasport tyres and two punctures in the same ride.
>
> Changed to Michelin Axial Carbons and 10 days now on the same roads with
> no
> punctures
>
> Just coincidence or ....?


We should be surprised that you haven't had a flat in 10 days? I get roughly
one flat every 3k miles or so. I guess you could be riding 300 miles/day...

What caused the flats on the Conti Ultrasports?

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

 

[Bill C]

Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> > Fitted Continental Ultrasport tyres and two punctures in the same ride.
> >
> > Changed to Michelin Axial Carbons and 10 days now on the same roads with
> > no
> > punctures
> >
> > Just coincidence or ....?
>
>
> We should be surprised that you haven't had a flat in 10 days? I get roughly
> one flat every 3k miles or so. I guess you could be riding 300 miles/day...
>
> What caused the flats on the Conti Ultrasports?
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycles
> www.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

Damnit Mike don't ask rational questions! That's gonna mess up his
sales pitch.
Bill C

 

[Bestest Handsander]

I get flats every couple of hundred miles... regardless of the tire -
goatheads. I've only had one flat in the past four years that wasn't a
thorn... small piece of metal sliced through the tire and tube.

I tried some "armored" tires but hated the feel. So I went back to what
roles nicely..It all has made me really fast at flat fixing!

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> Fitted Continental Ultrasport tyres and two punctures in the same ride.
>>
>> Changed to Michelin Axial Carbons and 10 days now on the same roads with
>> no
>> punctures
>>
>> Just coincidence or ....?
>
>
> We should be surprised that you haven't had a flat in 10 days? I get
> roughly one flat every 3k miles or so. I guess you could be riding 300
> miles/day...
>
> What caused the flats on the Conti Ultrasports?
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycles
> www.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>

 

[B. Lafferty]

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> Fitted Continental Ultrasport tyres and two punctures in the same ride.
>>
>> Changed to Michelin Axial Carbons and 10 days now on the same roads with
>> no
>> punctures
>>
>> Just coincidence or ....?
>
>
> We should be surprised that you haven't had a flat in 10 days? I get
> roughly one flat every 3k miles or so. I guess you could be riding 300
> miles/day...
>
> What caused the flats on the Conti Ultrasports?
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky

Anybody making tire savers these days? Not that you can't make your own
easily enough.

 

[bernard slater]

I went over a drain cover on the first flat that obviously pinched the tube
and the second it just went down ,maybe I pinched the tube but it was 10
miles on. I read some reviews on Roadcycling com and punctures seem
prevalent on Contis the correspondents wern't impressed
"B. Lafferty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >> Fitted Continental Ultrasport tyres and two punctures in the same ride.
> >>
> >> Changed to Michelin Axial Carbons and 10 days now on the same roads
with
> >> no
> >> punctures
> >>
> >> Just coincidence or ....?
> >
> >
> > We should be surprised that you haven't had a flat in 10 days? I get
> > roughly one flat every 3k miles or so. I guess you could be riding 300
> > miles/day...
> >
> > What caused the flats on the Conti Ultrasports?
> >
> > --Mike Jacoubowsky
>
> Anybody making tire savers these days? Not that you can't make your own
> easily enough.
>
>

 

[[email protected]]

bernard slater wrote:
> I went over a drain cover on the first flat that obviously pinched the tube
> and the second it just went down ,maybe I pinched the tube but it was 10
> miles on. I read some reviews on Roadcycling com and punctures seem
> prevalent on Contis the correspondents wern't impressed

Well, "run over the drain cover at the same speed and angle with the
Michelins"! <g>

What size are the tires? How much do you weigh? If you're popping tubes
on regular routes, it's time to go to a bigger tire, assuming you were
using normal inflation pressure. --D-y

 

[Curtis L. Russell]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:38:46 -0000, "bernard slater"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I went over a drain cover on the first flat that obviously pinched the tube
>and the second it just went down ,maybe I pinched the tube but it was 10
>miles on.

Get back to me when you have a reason that the tire casings influence
greatly pinch flats and sudden decompressions. Sounds more like cheap
tubes or someone running at too low pressures - or simply doesn't
know how to get the tube out of the way of a tight tire.

And unless you accidentally reseated a valve, I don't quite get the
unexplained flat thing. The only unexplained flat I know about is when
the bike shop has to fix it for you and they think you won't
understand the explanation. If you fix it yourself, you're an idiot
for not following a flat that 'just went down' until you have an
answer.

>I read some reviews on Roadcycling com and punctures seem
>prevalent on Contis the correspondents wern't impressed

I read your emails: this correspondent isn't impressed...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

 

[bernard slater]

Is it in the nature of this newsgroup for people like Curtis Russell to go
round insulting others"Curtis L. Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:38:46 -0000, "bernard slater"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I went over a drain cover on the first flat that obviously pinched the
tube
> >and the second it just went down ,maybe I pinched the tube but it was 10
> >miles on.
>
> Get back to me when you have a reason that the tire casings influence
> greatly pinch flats and sudden decompressions. Sounds more like cheap
> tubes or someone running at too low pressures - or simply doesn't
> know how to get the tube out of the way of a tight tire.
>
> And unless you accidentally reseated a valve, I don't quite get the
> unexplained flat thing. The only unexplained flat I know about is when
> the bike shop has to fix it for you and they think you won't
> understand the explanation. If you fix it yourself, you're an idiot
> for not following a flat that 'just went down' until you have an
> answer.
>
> >I read some reviews on Roadcycling com and punctures seem
> >prevalent on Contis the correspondents wern't impressed
>
> I read your emails: this correspondent isn't impressed...
>
> Curtis L. Russell
> Odenton, MD (USA)
> Just someone on two wheels...

 

[Curtis L. Russell]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:27:18 -0000, "bernard slater"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Is it in the nature of this newsgroup for people like Curtis Russell to go
>round insulting others

Yes, to the point that even those that don't deserve it usually don't
complain. BTW, I'm the easy one around here, all peace and light. I
haven't really, really insulted anyone on rbr since the first Gulf
War.

This is rec.bicycles.racing - and you want to blame pinch flats on the
tire. While not 100 percent the case perhaps, I'm guessing that in
99.99 %, the only way that would be true is if you mounted the tire
wrong - putting the inner tube pinched to begin with - or ignored a
problem that should have been visual, like an imperfection at the tire
seating. Only the latter would be the tire's fault.

Now we have at least one bike shop owner that probably sees more flats
in a week than I'll see for quite a while, so if they see it
otherwise, let them speak up. Personally, I fail to see that your
question was anything but a deliberate lead in to slap one tire or
promote the other. I'd cut you slack as a possible newbie, but then
you had to do that thing about 'correspondents weren't impressed.'

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

 

[Donald Munro]

Curtis L. Russell wrote:
>> I read your emails: this correspondent isn't impressed...

bernard slater wrote:
> Is it in the nature of this newsgroup for people like Curtis Russell to go
> round insulting others

Dumbass,

Curtis Russell is as cute and cuddly as a week old kitten when compared
to some of our more revered posters.

 

[bernard slater]

"Donald Munro" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Curtis L. Russell wrote:
> >> I read your emails: this correspondent isn't impressed...
>
> bernard slater wrote:
> > Is it in the nature of this newsgroup for people like Curtis Russell to
go
> > round insulting others
>
> Dumbass,
>
> Curtis Russell is as cute and cuddly as a week old kitten when compared
> to some of our more revered posters.
>

 

[bernard slater]

Goodbye the lot of you. What does MD stand for major ********
"Donald Munro" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Curtis L. Russell wrote:
> >> I read your emails: this correspondent isn't impressed...
>
> bernard slater wrote:
> > Is it in the nature of this newsgroup for people like Curtis Russell to
go
> > round insulting others
>
> Dumbass,
>
> Curtis Russell is as cute and cuddly as a week old kitten when compared
> to some of our more revered posters.
>

 

[Donald Munro]

bernard slater wrote:
Goodbye the lot of you. What does MD stand for major ********

Would you like to buy a nice steel Bianchi with an EU warranty ?

 

[Curtis L. Russell]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:13:32 -0000, "bernard slater"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Goodbye the lot of you. What does MD stand for major ********

I resent that - I was enlisted and never a major ********. I was for
some time a ******** sergeant.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

 

[bernard slater]

OK Curtis, apologies . Youre probably right I did pinch the tube putting it
in but it was a bloody freezing morning and fingers were cold. But the
Conti sidewalls do seem thinner than the Michelins

Best wishes etc...

"Curtis L. Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:13:32 -0000, "bernard slater"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Goodbye the lot of you. What does MD stand for major ********
>
> I resent that - I was enlisted and never a major ********. I was for
> some time a ******** sergeant.
>
> Curtis L. Russell
> Odenton, MD (USA)
> Just someone on two wheels...