Vittoria non-folding tires

does anyone know if Vittoria makes non-folding tires?
My bike came with Vittoria tires and I would like to replace them but
I can only find folding tires. I didn't think my tires are folding but
being a novice biker I am not sure if I can tell the difference.

thanks
john

On Sep 11, 2:29*pm, Coltrane wrote:
does anyone know if Vittoria makes non-folding tires?
My bike came with Vittoria tires and I would like to replace them but
I can only find folding tires. I didn't think my tires are folding but
being a novice biker I am not sure if I can tell the difference.

Don't know what style bike you have, but if it's a road bike and you
like the Vittoria logo and want a value tire, the Zaffiro is a wire
bead model that is quite tough and pretty puncture resistant. It's
usually found in the $12 range online. There are better tires out
there--but I've used and liked the Zaffiro myself on a bike where it
worked very well cosmetically.

On Sep 11, 3:38*pm, landotter wrote:
On Sep 11, 2:29*pm, Coltrane wrote:

does anyone know if Vittoria makes non-folding tires?
My bike came with Vittoria tires and I would like to replace them but
I can only find folding tires. I didn't think my tires are folding but
being a novice biker I am not sure if I can tell the difference.

Don't know what style bike you have, but if it's a road bike and you
like the Vittoria logo and want a value tire, the Zaffiro is a wire
bead model that is quite tough and pretty puncture resistant. It's
usually found in the $12 range online. There are better tires out
there--but I've used and liked the Zaffiro myself on a bike where it
worked very well cosmetically.

thanks for the feedback

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:29:23 -0700 (PDT), Coltrane
wrote:

does anyone know if Vittoria makes non-folding tires?
My bike came with Vittoria tires and I would like to replace them but
I can only find folding tires. I didn't think my tires are folding but
being a novice biker I am not sure if I can tell the difference.

thanks
john

Dear John,

Old-fashioned clincher tires have two stiff wire beads inside each
edge. They can be folded into three coils, but the wire is so stiff
that the coils will pop open unless tied up.

The newer folding clincher tires have two flexible Kevlar beads inside
each edge. The Kevlar is so limp that the tires can be folded flat or
rolled up tightly into a fist-sized ball that will fit in a large
seat-bag.

On the left is a single coiled-up and taped steel-bead tire. On the
right are two folding Kevlar-bead tires:
http://i33.tinypic.com/34fnq0l.jpg

Either kind of tire can have a protective Kevlar tread belt.

Either kind of tire will fit your clincher rim.

Steel bead tires are cheaper, a little heavier, and harder to smuggle
past metal detectors.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel