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Old October 26th 17, 06:26 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Joerg[_2_]
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Default Michelin Power Endurance Tires

On 2017-10-26 08:06, wrote:
On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 7:44:24 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-10-25 10:50, Doug Landau wrote:
On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 10:42:59 AM UTC-7, Joerg
wrote:
On 2017-10-25 10:38, Doug Landau wrote:


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... As I said before yes the conti sidewalls will suffer in
the summer sun, but a little black gasket sealer will keep
that at bay until you wear it out.


I am not planning on having to correct mistakes a manufacturer
made on products that are expensive to begin with. Then I
simply walk away from the product, as I did here.

Are you kidding?!? You spend more time correcting
manufacturer's mistakes than anybody. Including mistakes that
multiple manufacturers collude upon. Hell together they either
can't or won't produce a mr tuffy that you don't say has to be
wrapped like a bageldog to work


Put one in a MTB rear tire, ride lots of rocky trails and look at
the tube after a few thousand miles. You will be unpleasantly
surprised. _Then_ voice an opinion.


When I installed the tube in the Power Endurance it was pretty
difficult. There was minimal talc on the tube if any. Maybe the tube
companies are spooked by the latest loonie research suggesting that
talc can cause cancer spurring lawsuits against J & J that has sold
talcum powder for 125 years.


That ambulance chaser ad is on TV several times a week during the news.
Those ads are disgusting.

I always have a small bottle of talc in the "bike medicine cabinet" in
the garage.


When I was changing the punctured tube out it was abraded by the
tire. Not horribly so but this only has 100 miles on it.


I was shocked how deep the chafing grooves from the tire liner were on
my MTB. The tubes are 0.160" thick and on a regular thin tube it would
have gone through a long time ago. Now I have a sacrificial regular but
good quality tube into which I sleeved the liner. Removed the valve,
made a cut just wide enough and punched round holes at its end so the
cut won't proliferate. That cut points towards the running surface of
the tire.

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Regards, Joerg

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