Continental MTB Tires

Ollie <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Does anyone have any recent experience with conti's. I tried some a few years ago (a pair of
slicks, and a pair of knobbies), and found that their side walls wore out very quickly,
breaking in several places before the tread had worn very mutch at all. I'm now working in a
bike shop which

sells

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them and have noticed that they claim to have delt with this problem. Any feedback onhow
they went?

Am currently running the Continental Double Fighter tyres (folding). Are now made in Thailand and
are very cheap compared to the German made tyres. They no longer come with cloth side walls and have
eliminated the troubles with the tyre being out of round. If your after a replacement for a Goliath
tyre try the Serfas Drifter 1.5 or 2.0 sizes, good pricing and very similar tread pattern.

Cheers

David

Ollie said:

Does anyone have any recent experience with conti's. I tried some a few years ago (a pair of
slicks, and a pair of knobbies), and found that their side walls wore out very quickly, breaking
in several places before the tread had worn very mutch at all. I'm now working in a bike shop
which sells them and have noticed that they claim to have delt with this problem. Any feedback
onhow they went?

I have some Conti Gatorskins (sp?) and the tread part has perished noticeably, to the point where
there are fine cracks all over the surface, although the bike did spend some months living on a
sunny balcony.

&roo