Road Tires - Reviews ??

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Are there any websites that compare and review the numerous Road Tires ?

Liggettism:
"It seems Team Phonek are using a bad tire, due to the number of flats"

This one is kind of old, but I believe this is the only *known* rolling
resistance test available:

http://www.terrymorse.com/bike/rolres.html

I also recall Tour Magazine also having doing some sort of test too...

Churchill said:

Are there any websites that compare and review the numerous Road
Tires ?

Liggettism:
"It seems Team Phonek are using a bad tire, due to the number of
flats"

Try roadbikereview.com. Reports are biased and subjective, of course, but
you CAN distinguish trends pretty readily.

Bill "reminder to self to check it out again one of these years" S.

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Are there any websites that compare and review the numerous Road
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http://www.bikemagic.com/defaultGear.asp?sp=&v=2

http://www.roadbikereview.com/reviewscrx.aspx

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The team is using Conti's ....Mega miles if you can down the road on
them!!!!!!!

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Are there any websites that compare and review the numerous Road
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http://www.bikemagic.com/defaultGear.asp?sp=&v=2

http://www.roadbikereview.com/reviewscrx.aspx

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The team is using Conti's ....Mega miles if you can down the road on
them!!!!!!!

Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never see. Don't assume
the teams are using the same tires you can buy down at your LBS (though
occasionally they do but not likely in a TT).

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Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never see. Don't assume
the teams are using the same tires you can buy down at your LBS (though
occasionally they do but not likely in a TT).

I agree in part that Conti do make good tires. But, what tires are these
"teams" using that you "cannot buy down at your LBS"? Are you saying that
these "teams" are using tires made by someone other than Conti?

Or that Conti is supplying these "teams" with tires they're not going to
market or sell to the public? Please clarify.

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Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never see. Don't assume
the teams are using the same tires you can buy down at your LBS (though
occasionally they do but not likely in a TT).

I agree in part that Conti do make good tires. But, what tires are these
"teams" using that you "cannot buy down at your LBS"? Are you saying that
these "teams" are using tires made by someone other than Conti?

Or that Conti is supplying these "teams" with tires they're not going to
market or sell to the public? Please clarify.

No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized, though. The
rubber has been removed to save weight.

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In rec.bicycles.misc Churchill said:

Are there any websites that compare and review the numerous Road Tires ?

I put more stock in what I read on rec.bicycles.tech than roadbike review,
etc.

Art Harris

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Huh? Conti makes some of the finest tires you will never see. Don't

assume

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the teams are using the same tires you can buy down at your LBS (though
occasionally they do but not likely in a TT).

I agree in part that Conti do make good tires. But, what tires are these
"teams" using that you "cannot buy down at your LBS"? Are you saying

that

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these "teams" are using tires made by someone other than Conti?

Or that Conti is supplying these "teams" with tires they're not going to
market or sell to the public? Please clarify.

No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized, though. The
rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti "removes" rubber
from their tire to save weight. Exactly which tires are these teams using
that they "remove" rubber from their tires? If you're referring to "pro"
cycling teams, then you must be referring to Cont's tubular tires. If so,
why wouldn't these "teams" just use Conti track tubular tires? Conti offers
3 levels of track tubular tires:

http://www.bikemine.com/Pages/Conti/Conti_TubularProductBlankSet.htm

Those are "lighter" than their normal "road" tubular tires because they have
"less rubber". However, these same track tubular tires are also more
susceptible to flats, and thus, not recommended for road use. Why would any
team use these tires outside of a track? So, what tires are you referring
to?

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No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized, though. The
rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti "removes" rubber
from their tire to save weight.

"The rubber" versus "rubber" - probably a bit of throwaway humor. "The
rubber" wouldn't be removed from any tire using rubber or anything
close.

I kind of like the term throwaway humor for tires without rubber, but
I can't really make it work right now. Gotta be a good pun in there
somewhere...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Curtis L. Russell said:

I kind of like the term throwaway humor for tires without rubber, but
I can't really make it work right now. Gotta be a good pun in there
somewhere...

"Continental: for when the rubber hits the road."

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No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized, though. The
rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti "removes" rubber
from their tire to save weight.

He doesn't have it quite right. Conti customized their tires with a special
liquid to minimize rolling resistance. It's not new, though.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/worlds99/results/elitettresults99.html :

See "Tech notes" just above results.

Other teams not sponsored by Conti try to compensate by improving their
efficiency via synchronized pedaling.

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No, these are normal Contis. They've been customized, though. The
rubber has been removed to save weight.

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti "removes" rubber
from their tire to save weight.

He doesn't have it quite right. Conti customized their tires with a special
liquid to minimize rolling resistance. It's not new, though.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/worlds99/results/elitettresults99.html :

See "Tech notes" just above results.

Interesting. I guess since Team Phonak is using Conti, maybe this
"special liquid" is the cause for so many crashes on stages 3 and 4 of
this year's Tour....(actually, the crashes were probably due to the
poor decision to use a 19mm wide *track* tubular tires, which were not
designed for either road use or rain, on a rainy, no make that stormy
day! Not too bright.....

BFD:
Actually, the air was removed from the tires to save weight <Grin>.
Cheers,
Bruce

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Really!? Where did you hear this? I don't believe Conti "removes" rubber
from their tire to save weight. Exactly which tires are these teams using
that they "remove" rubber from their tires? If you're referring to "pro"
cycling teams, then you must be referring to Cont's tubular tires. If so,
why wouldn't these "teams" just use Conti track tubular tires? Conti offers
3 levels of track tubular tires:

http://www.bikemine.com/Pages/Conti/Conti_TubularProductBlankSet.htm

Those are "lighter" than their normal "road" tubular tires because they have
"less rubber". However, these same track tubular tires are also more
susceptible to flats, and thus, not recommended for road use. Why would any
team use these tires outside of a track? So, what tires are you referring
to?