Continental Ultra Sport Tyres with Kevlar

Kevlar Schmevlar. These tyres are the Spawn of Stan. When a wheel has these
tyres upon them, the mere act of rotating the tyre is a multiple invokation
of the p*nct*re fairy. The number of visitations by
SheWhoMustNotBeNamedOutLoud in a month will outweigh the number of visits by
SWMNBNOL during the previous three years by a seriously large number.

The only place for these tyres is landfill. Do not ask me how I know this!

Bah!

Off topic, took my Bike To Work Dawes Galaxy out for a spin at the
weekend in NorwichWaffly and got up to 27.5mph (ok, ok, on Thunder
Lane). Verily the bike rocketh. Tyres are Schwalbe Marathons 700c I
think, had one pxxxxxxx in a year, touchwood.

wafflycat wrote:
Kevlar Schmevlar.

That's odd, I swear by them (rather than at them :-) on my commuter
bike. Although I do find that (like any tyre) once worn past a certain
point (which is a long way before "worn out") they do seem prone to
picking up more holes. Dunno why this should be but I've found the same
with motorcycle tyres too.

T

spindrift said the following on 08/08/2007 14:30:
Off topic, took my Bike To Work Dawes Galaxy out for a spin at the
weekend in NorwichWaffly and got up to 27.5mph (ok, ok, on Thunder
Lane). Verily the bike rocketh. Tyres are Schwalbe Marathons 700c I
think, had one pxxxxxxx in a year, touchwood.

Off topic, anyone know when Torchwood is back on? :-)

(Specialized Nimbus Armadillos - built like a brick outhouse, weigh
enough to anchor the Queen Mary II, provide negative mudguard clearance,
but don't pu....re)

(Yet...)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

"wafflycat" wrote in message
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Kevlar Schmevlar. These tyres are the Spawn of Stan. When a wheel has
these tyres upon them, the mere act of rotating the tyre is a multiple
invokation of the p*nct*re fairy. The number of visitations by
SheWhoMustNotBeNamedOutLoud in a month will outweigh the number of visits
by SWMNBNOL during the previous three years by a seriously large number.

The only place for these tyres is landfill. Do not ask me how I know this!

Bah!

contrary:ON
How do you know this?
contrary:OFF

In ups.com,
spindrift tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:
Off topic, took my Bike To Work Dawes Galaxy out for a spin at the
weekend in NorwichWaffly and got up to 27.5mph (ok, ok, on Thunder
Lane).

Don't forget to wave to Mike Burrows as you go past :-)

--
Dave Larrington
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk
Tip of the Day: 20%

Kevlar Schmevlar. These tyres are the Spawn of Stan.

Swap 'em for Scwalbe Blizzard Sports, then you'll feel better about your
Continentals :-/

wafflycat wrote:
Kevlar Schmevlar. These tyres are the Spawn of Stan. When a wheel has
these tyres upon them, the mere act of rotating the tyre is a multiple
invokation of the p*nct*re fairy. The number of visitations by
SheWhoMustNotBeNamedOutLoud in a month will outweigh the number of
visits by SWMNBNOL during the previous three years by a seriously large
number.

The only place for these tyres is landfill. Do not ask me how I know this!

Bah!




Fell out with continental when I found that the GP4000's and the Force
and Attack tyres had a compound made with coloured Dairylea.

Thought I'd give their Black-Chili tyres a crack and got 6 flats in 50
miles. ok it was wet, but they claim to have increased protection when
really it's dairy product content that increased.

Recently took a pair of new GP4 Seasons around France. 350 miles, one
flat in each tyre.

My Scwhalbe Blizzards and my Michelin Krylions are still untorn although
both are a tad worn now through road and turbo use.

wafflycat wrote:

Kevlar Schmevlar. These tyres are the Spawn of Stan. When a wheel has these
tyres upon them, the mere act of rotating the tyre is a multiple invokation
of the p*nct*re fairy. The number of visitations by
SheWhoMustNotBeNamedOutLoud in a month will outweigh the number of visits by
SWMNBNOL during the previous three years by a seriously large number.

The only place for these tyres is landfill. Do not ask me how I know this!

Bah!

well at least you have got a wizz at changing and reparing tubes over
yes?

roger
--
www.rogermerriman.com

"Tony B" wrote in message
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wafflycat wrote:
Kevlar Schmevlar.

That's odd, I swear by them (rather than at them :-) on my commuter bike.
Although I do find that (like any tyre) once worn past a certain point
(which is a long way before "worn out") they do seem prone to picking up
more holes. Dunno why this should be but I've found the same with
motorcycle tyres too.

T

As described by others the cheese spread content of these tyres is such that
brand new ones with less than 500 miles on them will puncture multitudinous
times in under a month. Bah! Double Bah! Triple Bah! There is not this
problem with Schwalbe Marathons as on a certain touring steed I know.