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Re: Question about Road bike tires

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From: Anne
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:00
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Are the Michelins Kevlar belted tires?  When I used to live and 
commute in College Park, I found I had to get kevlar tires for my 
road bike, I got a flat almost every time I rode into the University!
There is just too much junk on the road along the shoulders, there.
And for some reason, it's always the back tube that would go
flat.  Now, the tires I had were slicks, but I believe you can get
Kevlar tires with a little more tread to them.

With the high pressure road tires, it's a harder ride on the kevlar 
tires, but well worth it in my opinion. 

>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.


                                                -A.

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Date: 2000/04/18
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