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Alex-Corsa

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I tried "solid" tyres on my ATB and because I'm a fat git the rolling resistance was incredible. Like riding on very soft tyres. I'm not sure they would have been much better had I been svelte.

 

Side by side on a down hill stretch I had to pedal to keep up with a coasting friend.

 

I went back to normal tyres but use a Kevlar barrier between tube and tyre.

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I second that opinion. I got them because the surfaces around here were continually littered with broken glass from kids drinking smuggled continental beer. It was costing me as much for bicycle tyres in a year as for motorcycle tyres. Now that the Police have a no-tolerance attitude to public drinking, it seems safe to change back. I'll miss the extra work out. Not.

 

mike

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ROTFLMFHO

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I don't know what any of it means. But then I am old, my mobile phone looks like a half brick with an aerial. and I text in complete words. spelled correctly.

 

I would take some persuading to use any sort of remould tyre on a bike. Coloured tyres? In the sixties, there was a brief vogue for white handlebar grips and whitewalls on tyres. This is neither new nor attractive!

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Thanks, Martin. I'll look to you as my mentor in all matters concerning expressions of youth culture, from now on.

 

Where do haemorrhoids come in, though? No! Don't reply.....I think I know the answer already.

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I've been told that 95% of those tire chunks you see on the road are NOT from retreads.

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Do not, I repeat, do NOT! allow whoever sold you that line of b.s. to sell you a bridge or any artifact requiring a monetary exchange. They are not trustworthy...

 

:lol:

 

Ride on :race: [safely, not on retreads, colored or otherwise!]

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Do not, I repeat, do NOT! allow whoever sold you that line of b.s. to sell you a bridge or any artifact requiring a monetary exchange. They are not trustworthy...

 

:lol:

 

Ride on  :race: [safely, not on retreads, colored or otherwise!]

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Head!

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Damm you both blowing my credablity. I was next going to explain why Aquataine should be returned to English possesion along with Normandy and Calais.

 

( I had sent the correct answer by PM just prior to GB's post)

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Scandinavian motorcycle magazine 'Bike' ran a test on the coloured tyres and they came to the conclusion that they were only made for burnouts and nothing else.

 

Additionally I think they look girly and are more suitable for BMX pushbikes but who am I to tell :P

 

Cheers

 

Søren

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Hass - must be from the scandinavian area originally? I know they make some Aass ale I dunno if its any good tho.

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Hass means 'hate' in German. I don't recall anything in Norwegian or Swedish reminiscing that word.

 

Göran Thyni, Martin Dude?

 

Søren

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OK Coloured tyres.....

 

Well, they only look cool if they are clean right?

 

So do you polish the treaded portion of the tyre so it looks clean and smart?  :homer:

 

Nige.  :huh:

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I say some tire wet after every romp aught to do the trick eh?

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look at those whitewalls shine baby. :rolleyes:

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