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Stock Trek Tires (Bontrager)
Just a quick report on how durable and rugged the default tires are (Trek 7500FX).
I've been down some roughly paved streets, 'pinged' many, many sharp rocks across the road and crunched down some driveways, and nary a problem with my Bontragers (Kevlar, 700x35). Today's ride over packed sand, grit, small rocks and some loose sand pits in Seashore park was no problem, even when hitting some exposed roots. I had the fingers crossed that a road bike type of tire would ride a sandy trail OK, and it did so admireably. -B |
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 13:05:17 -0400, David Kerber wrote:
In article , says... Just a quick report on how durable and rugged the default tires are (Trek 7500FX). I've been down some roughly paved streets, 'pinged' many, many sharp rocks across the road and crunched down some driveways, and nary a problem with my Bontragers (Kevlar, 700x35). These are not completely bomb-proof, however. I got a flat the other week on one from a small, sharp piece of glass (that conveniently remained lodged in the tire so the puncture could be located). Of course it is impossible to know how many potential flats the tires (7x35C on a Trek 520) have turned away, but they are definitely not invulnerable. The flat happened after about 1000 miles of riding. BTW, when I went to p/u the (brand-new) bike, the "stock" Bontragers had been switched out -- by the dealer -- for Brand X tires, and only replaced at my insistence. Have to keep a sharp eye on things these days... Happy (and carefree) riding to all! |
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I've had similar luck with my Vittoria Techno Sport T.T. tires (700x23).
1200+ miles and no flats. Now I will probably get one riding home tonight "Badger_South" wrote in message ... Just a quick report on how durable and rugged the default tires are (Trek 7500FX). I've been down some roughly paved streets, 'pinged' many, many sharp rocks across the road and crunched down some driveways, and nary a problem with my Bontragers (Kevlar, 700x35). Today's ride over packed sand, grit, small rocks and some loose sand pits in Seashore park was no problem, even when hitting some exposed roots. I had the fingers crossed that a road bike type of tire would ride a sandy trail OK, and it did so admireably. -B |
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:46:45 GMT, AMG
wrote: BTW, when I went to p/u the (brand-new) bike, the "stock" Bontragers had been switched out -- by the dealer -- for Brand X tires, and only replaced at my insistence. Have to keep a sharp eye on things these days... When I went to buy my brand new road bike, which is spec'd with clipless pedals, not only did they not want to give me the pedals, but they claimed to not be able to find them. Of course, a $90 shoe sale was in it for them if they did find them (instead of a $50 pedal sale to match my other clipless pedals), but they didn't want to give me the pedals. Turned out the pedals were terrible anyway. Maybe they were trying to protect me from ever trying awful pedals. -- Rick Onanian |
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Stock Trek Tires (Bontrager)
Badger_South wrote in message . ..
Just a quick report on how durable and rugged the default tires are (Trek 7500FX). I've been down some roughly paved streets, 'pinged' many, many sharp rocks across the road and crunched down some driveways, and nary a problem with my Bontragers (Kevlar, 700x35). I had similar good luck with the 700X38 Bontrager tires that came on my Trek 7200. About 2000 miles with 1000 of that being on dirt roads and gravel. However, the Bontrager tires that came on my Trek 2200 were complete and utter crap and didn't last 2 weeks. |
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