"Carl Sundquist" wrote in message ...
"bfd" wrote in message


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/1...results99.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.....