On 2018-05-04 10:52, Doug Landau wrote:

With a $45 tire I do not expect to have to rant snipped

I spent another few minutes and $1 of gorilla snot on this tire :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdsokmbfixi7jf2/tire.jpg?dl=0

I'll get my 3K miles out of this gatorskin, no problem


Sorry, but I find my life and health too valuable to run with that sort
of hazard mounted on the front rim. Again, you do not properly fix any
of the frayed strands with that. IOW an accident waiting to happen.
Well, it's your life, not mine.

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Regards, Joerg

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