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This and That
I just ordered new tires for my road bike. I’ve been running Continental GatorSkins on it for the past several years, and the front tire has lasted almost 4500 miles, with the back not too far behind. I’ve had maybe 2 or 3 flats on these tires the entire time I’ve had them, but the…
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The Great Tire Showdown
Summer’s over, and that means that the joys of cold weather bike commuting are right around the corner. I’m still trying to find an all-season commuting tire that provides the best combination of speed and resistance to flats. And of course, nothing provides a better test bed for tires than Maryland roads in the winter.…
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New road bike tires
Last Friday I broke a spoke on the back wheel of my road bike. Murphy’s Law #1 of broken spokes says that they will always happen on the back wheel, so you have the extra fun of removing the gear cassette to replace the spoke. But that’s not really my point.. Since I had to…