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Article #3799Re: Question about Road bike tires
From: dcbike
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:00
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Phil, Where is city bikes at? I work at the Air and Space Museum, it would be good if there was one in Washington. Also, im looking for some bike shoes to use will clipless spd. I am tired of carrying sandals and then taking the road bike shoes i got and putting on the sandals and walking to the building, then putting on my regular shoes. Is there a show i can wear both with clipless and just reagular walking without that disconfort? Ricardo --- Phil Koopman- City Bikes <pmkman@erols.com> wrote: > With the clearance restrictions that you have on a > road bike, I would > recommend that you look at the Continental Top > Touring 2000. They come > in a 700x28C size that has a fairly low profile (as > well as larger sizes > that may fit). They are fairly quick aon the street > and have a recessed > V-type tread that should handle loose stuff as well > as any other fast > tire. Vittoria also makes a 28C cyclocross tire > under the GEAX > brand-name, but the narrow knobbies, while good for > traction, tend to > wear quite quickly on pavement. The Conti's are in > the premium price > range ($30 each) and the Vittoria/GEAXs are somewhat > less. You can find > these fine tires at City Bikes, as well as at other > quality local > retailers :-). > > Phil K. > City Bikes > > P.S.- I ride the Contis on my commuter & love 'em. > Great versatility, > awesome durability/puncture resistance, and I rarely > get passed! > > > ricardo pontes wrote: > > > I recently bought some Michelin Cyclocross mud > tires > > hoping to install them on my road bike. they are > > 700x30 and i taught it would work but apparently > it > > hits the brake calipers on the top. Does anyone > know > > of a good brand of tires to get for a road bike > that > > has some good thread for going off road. My > commute > > now is the capital crescent trail and i would like > to > > bike the first section which is a crushed gravel > road > > with some better tires. I got a flat last time and > was > > late for work. > > > > Any info would be appreciated > > > > Ricardo Pontes > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. > > http://invites.yahoo.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Enlighten your in-box. > http://www.topica.com/t/15 > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Start an Email List For Free at Topica. > http://www.topica.com/register > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e8b3,8ceb89a4a828c052 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e8b3,public From: dcbike@igc.topica.com Subject: Re: Question about Road bike tires Date: 2000/04/17 Message-ID: <8b085772&0.700000017.579670079-212058698-956014603@topica.com> X-Deja-AN: 612475939 References: <8b085772&0.700000017.949816957-951758591-955821565@topica.com> X-Gateway: notes@igc.apc.org Newsgroups: dc.biking