What road bike do you have?
10-09-10, 12:17 PM
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10-09-10, 12:24 PM
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I like colored tires. Except maybe white. My red sidewalls stay pretty decent looking.
Oh and nice looking bike Harold.
Oh and nice looking bike Harold.
10-09-10, 12:31 PM
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10-09-10, 12:39 PM
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Because I typically don't like the way they look. The process for making them is also a bit different; I've heard that subsequently they don't perform as well. Meh.
10-09-10, 01:31 PM
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but is that a reason reason that tires should be black? I see green tires in paris-roubaix, the pro race 3 come in various colors and are very sticky. Just because one companies gimmick product can only come in black, does that mean that another company can't make a good pink tire?
10-09-10, 02:58 PM
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Thanks for the comments!! Need to take some better pics soon. Its an AR3 with Red. Love it!!!
10-09-10, 05:07 PM
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There are a lot of nice lookin' Felts on this thread. The blue/white/black is very sharp, and very coherently designed.
10-09-10, 05:12 PM
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Great looking Jamis and Giant bikes up there. I can't say enough about how much I love my Giant Bikes, always have. Really nice pickup for the cash on the Satellite there.
10-09-10, 06:39 PM
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Powdered carbon is added to the tread to make it longer wearing. It also makes it black. Perhaps the colored tires don't last as long?
No reason to add powdered carbon to the sidewall coating; that's why traditional high-quality bike tires had tan sidewalls. The carboned tread was bonded onto the latex-coated fabric casing giving a tan sidewall.
No reason to add powdered carbon to the sidewall coating; that's why traditional high-quality bike tires had tan sidewalls. The carboned tread was bonded onto the latex-coated fabric casing giving a tan sidewall.
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10-09-10, 08:37 PM
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That's alot to do to make fun, something I didn't even notice until you pointed it out.
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10-09-10, 08:40 PM
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from my ride tonight. i like it much better with the silver seatpost, even if it is some no name
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I purchased this Litespeed Palmares off of craigslist just a few weeks ago. I absolutely love it so far. It came with ti speedplays but I can't afford road shoes right now so I've I had to pull the eggbeaters off of my mountain bike.
10-10-10, 01:24 AM
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10-10-10, 09:31 AM
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Sure looks a lot bigger than my 60 did. Maybe that's also because my saddle was a lot lower and the CAAD tubes are fatter:
10-10-10, 09:35 AM
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big bikes with compact geo look out of proportion. big bikes with traditional geo look normal. big bikes like mine with italian geo can look kind of weird.