"gabrielle" <[email hidden]> wrote
| *another minor [censored]: you'd think (or *I'd* think, anyway) that if
| bike reps really wanted to make a good impression on their demo-ing
| public, they would replace the stock tires with tires appropriate for
| the local terrian. Hutchinson whatever-they-weres were not it. Maybe
| they're not allowed to do it as part of the supplier contract, I dunno.
| <shrug>
|
This is the gripe I had about Fisher when they did their demo-tour some
years ago. I took out a Sugar (booger) 1 at Catawba Riverfront and put it
through its paces. The bike came with WTB Nanoraptor tires which, at least
here in NC terrain, are only good for dry hardpack and street riding. It
was fairly early in the day and the dew was down. I took off toward the
river on a trail dotted with smooth, wet, babyhead rocks. Those tires were
SCARY in that situation. I was jonesing for my usual Team Control/Team
Master combo or something like WTB's Velociraptors (my best seller at the
time)