No more Vredestein recumbent tires?

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 02:08:42 -0500, Freewheeling
wrote:

I thought (and still do) that your actions were
very revealing of character. An honorable person would have sold those
remaining tires at a fair price without additional mark-up.

That's rather harsh isn't it Cletus?

Or maybe he thinks that antiques should be sold at their original list
prices? ;-)

Guy
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Thanks, Zach, I'll be in touch soon, though not at the East Bay Ride
this month after all (snowboarding, instead).

BTW, $30 is what I paid my LBS the last time I ordered the 406
S-licks.
What is all this about price-gouging anyway?

(Zach Kaplan Cycles) wrote in message . com...
I have the S-Licks you are looking for in stock for $30 each.

Zach Kaplan

Ed, "bandwidth" was a metaphor. Don't be so serious :-)

What I tried to convey is that out of 9 or so postings to this thread
only Zach came through with needed help.

BTW, it's interesting that "Pinhead" also signs himself off as
"Dip****"...
low self-esteem perhaps :-)

(Edward Dolan) wrote in message . com...
What is this mania about wasting bandwidth anyway? Maybe some computer nerd could explain it to me.

I just recently read a report that ISPs are having all their bandwidth
taken up by kids downloading and uploading music and porn, something like 90% and going ever upward. I do not think our little messages back and forth here on ARBR can be having much of any impact in the overall scheme of things.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

mike s wrote:
would just urged me to change. Will probably change out the tandem
tires too when I can find a good replacement which will give me close
to the performance I am now getting since the tandem really
exacerbates slow speed riding conditions. Any thoughts?

Unless you object to Comets, they are available in wide widths. If I
recall some test result charts floating around the net, Comets are light
and have low RR, but are reputedly fragile. I see that recumbent shops
are carrying up to the 1.9 now, and some BMX mail order sites seem to
have 1.95 and 2.1 sizes. Maybe a fat Comet with Kevlar belt is just the
thing?

I have had zero flats with Avocet Freestyle slicks in about 1500 miles
on my Trimuter tadpole (406mm all around), which with me, my gear and
tools is probably ~280lbs total, perhaps not quite tandem weight. I
always pump them up to 90psi before I ride. On my route, there are no
evil goat heads or stuff like that, but lots of rocks, potholes and
occasionally glass.

Gaerlan has them for ~$25:
http://www.gaerlan.com/bikeparts/par.../wheelbmx.html

Hostel Shoppe has the newer, blackwall version for $24:
http://www.hostelshoppe.com/cgi-bin/...ory=1049413514

My front tires have a flat profile about an inch wide worn on them, but
haven't started showing any casing yet.

The front right tire is a bit more beat up (as you'd expect on a tadpole
ridden on the right side of the road) and has a cut or two, but no
problems yet.

These are the only tires I've ever had on the trike, so I can't compare
them to anything else for performance. If I recall from that same test
chart, Freestyles were pretty good as far as RR goes, though not as good
as Comp Pools or Comets.

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(Eddie H) wrote in message . com...

Ed, "bandwidth" was a metaphor. Don't be so serious :-)

Funny, I am almost never serious and yet I always get taken that way.
Maybe I need to find another way of expressing myself.

What I tried to convey is that out of 9 or so postings to this thread
only Zach came through with needed help.

Actually, that is about par for the course. All these threads on ARBR
get sidetracked because most of us here are old codgers and we have
got a lot to say about everything under the sun. Right about now, for
instance, I could say something about the evils of top posting, but I
have already said it too many times before and so I will restrain
myself even though it goes against the grain.
[...]

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

(Edward Dolan) wrote in message . com...

What is this mania about wasting bandwidth anyway? Maybe some computer nerd could explain it to me.

I just recently read a report that ISPs are having all their bandwidth
taken up by kids downloading and uploading music and porn, something like 90% and going ever upward. I do not think our little messages back and forth here on ARBR can be having much of any impact in the overall scheme of things.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota