Well, if you try order direct and get jan-blocked we can work something out.
No sign of the blackwall Cypres on the site. Will be interesting to hear if blackwall cypres = gumwall cypres EL.
Also, if Jan’s telling GB ‘no, we (I) don’t want blackwall tyres’ and they don’t hear otherwise, there’s no chance they’ll eventuate, perhaps it’s worth everyone shooting off an email to GB asking if they would produce hetres & cypres’ in a blackwall option, parimoto style?
I once halfheartedly tried to order from I’s. I filled out the international request form and received an email from the shop. It basically said, “we’ll have our US distributor contact you.” A day or so later, I get an email from Jan saying “we do not carry that item. Maybe in the future.”
What a crock of shit. I’m not a fan of tan sidewalls. Hell, I’d even take grey over tan.
We should make an adapter to fit XTR chainrings onto the Herse cranks–just to piss off jawn.
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[]Ride tan sidewalls in rain
[]Get dirty
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[]Profit
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dgaf is step 3
They’re nice, but they wear really fast, and when they get worn they become amazing flat magnets.[/quote]
This has been my experience too.
The Bontrager “23mm” tubeless ready road tires mounted on the wider-style Bontrager Race tubeless wheels measure an actual 27mm. They make a “25” too, so I’m sure that’s even wider.
no shit? these tires on 23mm rims? http://bontrager.com/model/10991
it is possible that the 25 measures the same width and is just turdlier, that’s happened before with RT
Is this a fancy-colored Pasela or Roly Poly?
No it is an absolute turd that weighs 200g more than either of those
It’s a sweet fixie tire that makes a shit attempt at reenacting instead of being lime green
Truth.
so no one knows anything about the 28c kojak? roommate brought home the complete schwalbe catalog, 28c kojak was no where to be found.
was the one that i owned an anomaly?
[quote=biekridder]so no one knows anything about the 28c kojak? roommate brought home the complete schwalbe catalog, 28c kojak was no where to be found.
was the one that i owned an anomaly?[/quote]
700c?
Previous generation. Current stuff is 35mm only in 700C.
We had a set kicking around the shop. I tried them out for a few days… were pretty meh. Felt like gatorskins.
This thread is suddenly relevant. Building up my fisher road bike again into a fendered(maybe) drop bike by spring. Looks like I’ve got some reading to do.
Stay away from Challenge Eroicas. I’ve never had a tire that I just couldn’t mount. A few were challenging, but for the most part I get get them on and off with just my hands.
I spent two hours trying to mount Eroicas last night and all I have to show for it is blistered thumbs. The tires were so tight that I couldn’t even stuff the fucking tube under them. Just ordered Grand Bois Extra Legere 32s and I’m returning these POSes.
TC: I don’t understand the refusal to use a tire lever
Oh I used a tire lever and a tire jack, but all I got was a popped tube. The tires were so tight that stuffing a tube under them was next to impossible.
Putting Challenge P-R onto Aeroheads was “challenging” also. Much swearing, much careful tube stuffing.
Totally worth the effort though, great tyres.
velopluggers, bros
also, the cypres is where its at anyway.