Hi All,
Just thought I'd share an experience today. I've been riding on an aging set of Gatorskins for a while now - no idea how many kms are on them, but the rear had such a flat spot you'd swear it had been used on nothing but the windtrainer. Yesterday I replaced them with a set of GP4000, had a solid ride today (Kinglake) and was flying. Call it placebo effect, or put it down to the tyres, either way the purchase got me going.
I'm sure this is an often told story (got my new equipment, went faster), the reason I'm telling it is to add weight to the value of getting better tyres. If anyone is out there thinking "I don't race, I just ride with my mates" and so going out to get another set of training tyres - think again. I don't (currently) race, but my mates and I get fairly competitive, and going that little bit quicker is certainly the objective! Hence, think again about what sort of tyres you really need.
Happy to be told I've got it all wrong, or for someone to read this and think "yeah, I don't race either, but I'd like to go quicker".
Cheers,
Dim
Just thought I'd share an experience today. I've been riding on an aging set of Gatorskins for a while now - no idea how many kms are on them, but the rear had such a flat spot you'd swear it had been used on nothing but the windtrainer. Yesterday I replaced them with a set of GP4000, had a solid ride today (Kinglake) and was flying. Call it placebo effect, or put it down to the tyres, either way the purchase got me going.
I'm sure this is an often told story (got my new equipment, went faster), the reason I'm telling it is to add weight to the value of getting better tyres. If anyone is out there thinking "I don't race, I just ride with my mates" and so going out to get another set of training tyres - think again. I don't (currently) race, but my mates and I get fairly competitive, and going that little bit quicker is certainly the objective! Hence, think again about what sort of tyres you really need.
Happy to be told I've got it all wrong, or for someone to read this and think "yeah, I don't race either, but I'd like to go quicker".
Cheers,
Dim