Bullet PROOF Road Racing Tires?
01-29-10, 10:45 PM
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Do heavier riders get flats more oftenly than super light riders like who weigh in the 130s-140s?
I've only been riding 3.1k Miles w/o a flat. I've used Bontrager Race Lites and i've switched to Vredstein Fortezza SE. Loved both of them but i love the 160 Max PSi on the Fortezza. I weigh 117.
I've only been riding 3.1k Miles w/o a flat. I've used Bontrager Race Lites and i've switched to Vredstein Fortezza SE. Loved both of them but i love the 160 Max PSi on the Fortezza. I weigh 117.
01-30-10, 01:07 AM
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Continental supersonics are THE FASTEST CLINCHER EVER! and if you use them as intended (hella fast on the perfect road) NO bullet stands A CHANCE.
01-30-10, 07:54 AM
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Despite anything people say here, tough durable race tires don't exist.
There's a lot more to it than that. After you've tried more tires, you'll understand.
When I'm commuting, I take a FRAME MOUNTED PUMP, just so I can fend off the WOMEN who THROW THEMSELVES at me AS I HAMMER along my route!
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[QUOTE=7bmwm3gtr;10337507]Do heavier riders get flats more oftenly than super light riders like who weigh in the 130s-140s?
MaYbE, I knew a GUY that weighed 240 POUNDS and hE had his share of FlatS but some OF thoSe were snake BITES.
MaYbE, I knew a GUY that weighed 240 POUNDS and hE had his share of FlatS but some OF thoSe were snake BITES.
02-10-10, 08:29 AM
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after reading this post... i need a $%^&ing MounTain DeW!
p.s. EXTREME!
p.s. EXTREME!
02-10-10, 11:42 AM
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02-10-10, 11:43 AM
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OHHHHHHH YEAH!!!!!!!!!
p.s. did you know Macho Man Randy Savage made a rap album? Not as a joke, but a real rap album. God was it awful.
link <--- the first review is awesome.
p.s. did you know Macho Man Randy Savage made a rap album? Not as a joke, but a real rap album. God was it awful.
link <--- the first review is awesome.
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OHHHHHHH YEAH!!!!!!!!!
p.s. did you know Macho Man Randy Savage made a rap album? Not as a joke, but a real rap album. God was it awful.
link <--- the first review is awesome.
p.s. did you know Macho Man Randy Savage made a rap album? Not as a joke, but a real rap album. God was it awful.
link <--- the first review is awesome.
2) How could you tell?
3) of COURSE it was awful it purported to be a rap album.
4) I am willing to bet any sound he records is awful
5) What tire does he recommend?
02-10-10, 11:51 AM
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ouch - sorry to hear about the accident!
Specialized All-Condition Armadillo Tire (700x28c)will get you where you are going in one piece. I've got them on 3 bikes. I weight 225 lbs and I crank these babies up to 120 psi in the summer. this time of year I get them to 110. even at full pressure they are comfortable. some people have said they feel slow, so maybe there's a better tire for you, but I feel quite safe on them. I might go narrower, but would like to stay with the same tire.
https://actionwheels.com/product/spec...0c-50157-1.htm
Specialized All-Condition Armadillo Tire (700x28c)will get you where you are going in one piece. I've got them on 3 bikes. I weight 225 lbs and I crank these babies up to 120 psi in the summer. this time of year I get them to 110. even at full pressure they are comfortable. some people have said they feel slow, so maybe there's a better tire for you, but I feel quite safe on them. I might go narrower, but would like to stay with the same tire.
https://actionwheels.com/product/spec...0c-50157-1.htm
02-10-10, 11:55 AM
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OHHHHHHH YEAH!!!!!!!!!
p.s. did you know Macho Man Randy Savage made a rap album? Not as a joke, but a real rap album. God was it awful.
link <--- the first review is awesome.
p.s. did you know Macho Man Randy Savage made a rap album? Not as a joke, but a real rap album. God was it awful.
link <--- the first review is awesome.
My life will never be the same after listening to the samples from the album!
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I love that there are still serious answers showing up six pages into this thread every time someone drags it up.
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Macho Thang has given me the courage to accept my fate as told to me by Phil Liggett during a diabetic hallucination caused by consuming 10 Hammer Gels. I am the only man capable of stopping Cavendish.
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And people say BF is stupid.
Look at the amount of useful contribution compared to how much people are JOKING about CAPITALIZATION. It is awesome.
I love this thread. I avoided it because I thought it was going to be another boring "this v. that what do you recommend" but it was SO much MORE THAN I could HAVE ever believed IN MY entire LIFE!
Look at the amount of useful contribution compared to how much people are JOKING about CAPITALIZATION. It is awesome.
I love this thread. I avoided it because I thought it was going to be another boring "this v. that what do you recommend" but it was SO much MORE THAN I could HAVE ever believed IN MY entire LIFE!
07-15-10, 07:40 PM
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I remember an advertising campaign from a motorcycle company that advertised their motorcycle as having a "bullet proof" engine. I can imagine some drunk walking out of a bar and pointing his 44 magnum at a bike' and putting a few bullets in the bike's engine. I bet the engine isn't "bullet proof". The advertisement disappeared quickly.
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South Australia, eh? Robbie McEwen, is that you?
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