Road Tires - Reviews ??

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Are there any websites that compare and review the
numerous Road Tires ?

Liggettism: "It seems Team Phonek are using a bad tire,
due to the number of flats"

This one is kind of old, but I believe this is the only
*known* rolling resistance test available:

terrymorse.comrolres.htmlOpen ↗

I also recall Tour Magazine also having doing some sort of
test too...

Churchill said:

Are there any websites that compare and review the
numerous Road Tires ?

Liggettism: "It seems Team Phonek are using a bad tire,
due to the number of flats"

Try roadbikereview.com. Reports are biased and subjective,
of course, but you CAN distinguish trends pretty readily.

Bill "reminder to self to check it out again one of
these years" S.

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Are there any websites that compare and review the
numerous Road Tires ?

bikemagic.comdefaultGear.aspOpen ↗

roadbikereview.comreviewscrx.aspxOpen ↗

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The team is using Conti's ....Mega miles if you can down the
road on them!!!!!!!

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Are there any websites that compare and review the
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bikemagic.comdefaultGear.aspOpen ↗

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dwall said:

The team is using Conti's ....Mega miles if you can down
the road on them!!!!!!!

Hunh??

And why are you cross posting to at least 2 other ng's?

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The team is using Conti's ....Mega miles if you can down
the road on them!!!!!!!

Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never
see. Don't assume the teams are using the same tires you can
buy down at your LBS (though occasionally they do but not
likely in a TT).

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Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never
see. Don't assume the teams are using the same tires you
can buy down at your LBS (though occasionally they do but
not likely in a TT).

I agree in part that Conti do make good tires. But, what
tires are these "teams" using that you "cannot buy down at
your LBS"? Are you saying that these "teams" are using tires
made by someone other than Conti?

Or that Conti is supplying these "teams" with tires they're
not going to market or sell to the public? Please clarify.

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Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never
see. Don't assume the teams are using the same tires you
can buy down at your LBS (though occasionally they do but
not likely in a TT).

I agree in part that Conti do make good tires. But, what
tires are these "teams" using that you "cannot buy down at
your LBS"? Are you saying that these "teams" are using
tires made by someone other than Conti?

Or that Conti is supplying these "teams" with tires
they're not going to market or sell to the public? Please
clarify.

No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized,
though. The rubber has been removed to save weight.

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In rec.bicycles.misc Churchill said:

Are there any websites that compare and review the
numerous Road Tires ?

I put more stock in what I read on rec.bicycles.tech than
roadbike review, etc.

Art Harris

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Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never
see. Don't

assume

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the teams are using the same tires you can buy down at
your LBS (though occasionally they do but not likely in
a TT).

I agree in part that Conti do make good tires. But, what
tires are these "teams" using that you "cannot buy down
at your LBS"? Are you saying

that

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these "teams" are using tires made by someone other than
Conti?

Or that Conti is supplying these "teams" with tires
they're not going to market or sell to the public?
Please clarify.

No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized,
though. The rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti
"removes" rubber from their tire to save weight. Exactly
which tires are these teams using that they "remove" rubber
from their tires? If you're referring to "pro" cycling
teams, then you must be referring to Cont's tubular tires.
If so, why wouldn't these "teams" just use Conti track
tubular tires? Conti offers 3 levels of track tubular tires:

bikemine.comConti TubularProductBlOpen ↗
ankSet.htm

Those are "lighter" than their normal "road" tubular tires
because they have "less rubber". However, these same track
tubular tires are also more susceptible to flats, and
thus, not recommended for road use. Why would any team use
these tires outside of a track? So, what tires are you
referring to?

bfd said:

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No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized,
though. The rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti
"removes" rubber from their tire to save weight.

"The rubber" versus "rubber" - probably a bit of throwaway
humor. "The rubber" wouldn't be removed from any tire using
rubber or anything close.

I kind of like the term throwaway humor for tires without
rubber, but I can't really make it work right now. Gotta be
a good pun in there somewhere...

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

Curtis L. Russell said:

I kind of like the term throwaway humor for tires without
rubber, but I can't really make it work right now. Gotta
be a good pun in there somewhere...

"Continental: for when the rubber hits the road."

Guy F. Anderson Sr. said:

dwall said:

The team is using Conti's ....Mega miles if you can down
the road on them!!!!!!!

Hunh??

This isn't crystal clear? Can't handle a sentence fragment
that's missing two verbs?

Obviously, if you're able to "down the road" on them, many
miles will exist somewhere. If you can't "down the road",
then miles won't exist, and we'll all be screwed. I think
"down the road" means to remove the pavement, grade the road
to a lower level, and replace the pavement.

Based on that, I'd say you've got to be pretty strong to
"down the road" using only bicycle tires. If you succeed,
however, you've created Mega miles of nice roads for
bicyclists who prefer slightly lower altitudes. Yes, that
must be what he was saying.

Hmm...Maybe we can get g.daniels to decipher this for us.

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Why not? Shouldn't everything be cross posted, preferably
between alt.autos.driving, rec.bicycles.tech, and
alqaeda.hate.west?
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And why are you cross posting to at least 2 other ng's?

Why not? Shouldn't everything be cross posted, preferably
between alt.autos.driving, rec.bicycles.tech, and
alqaeda.hate.west?

Cross-posting ain't really cross-posting unless it includes
soc.culture.jewish and alt.politics.white-power.

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No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized,
though. The rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti
"removes" rubber from their tire to save weight.

He doesn't have it quite right. Conti customized their tires
with a special liquid to minimize rolling resistance. It's
not new, though.

cyclingnews.comelOpen ↗
itettresults99.html :

See "Tech notes" just above results.

Other teams not sponsored by Conti try to compensate by
improving their efficiency via synchronized pedaling.

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No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized,
though. The rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti
"removes" rubber from their tire to save weight.

He doesn't have it quite right. Conti customized their
tires with a special liquid to minimize rolling
resistance. It's not new, though.

cyclingnews.comcyclingnews.comOpen ↗
elitettresults99.html :

See "Tech notes" just above results.

Interesting. I guess since Team Phonak is using Conti, maybe
this "special liquid" is the cause for so many crashes on
stages 3 and 4 of this year's Tour....(actually, the crashes
were probably due to the poor decision to use a 19mm wide
*track* tubular tires, which were not designed for either
road use or rain, on a rainy, no make that stormy day! Not
too bright.....

BFD: Actually, the air was removed from the tires to save
weight <Grin>. Cheers, Bruce

bfd said:

Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti
"removes" rubber from their tire to save weight. Exactly
which tires are these teams using that they "remove"
rubber from their tires? If you're referring to "pro"
cycling teams, then you must be referring to Cont's
tubular tires. If so, why wouldn't these "teams" just use
Conti track tubular tires? Conti offers 3 levels of track
tubular tires:

bikemine.comConti TubularProductBOpen ↗
lankSet.htm

Those are "lighter" than their normal "road" tubular tires
because they have "less rubber". However, these same track
tubular tires are also more susceptible to flats, and
thus, not recommended for road use. Why would any team use
these tires outside of a track? So, what tires are you
referring to?