I want to ride my bicycle ! - But I need tires

[Jack D.]

Acer wrote:
Bring on the fat-bottomed girls!

One of my all time favorites... AND my wifes name just happens to be Sally! Actually her real name is Attila but I just call her Honey (sorry, couldn't help myself)

Fat Bottomed Girls mp3

[Octave Doctor]

+1 on the Kevlar--when I was riding the skinny tires I bought a pair of Specialized tires with Kevlar belts and never had a flat over a couple years riding 5-6 days a week.

[Racer X]

another possible source I got lots of stuff there when my ex was a triathlete.

[mikebw]

Just wrap a few rolls of duct tape around the wheel, should be good to go. :burnout:

[OWC Jamie]

mikebw wrote:
Just wrap a few rolls of duct tape around the wheel, should be good to go. :burnout:

-Envisioning the end of that coming off the tire , sticking to the pavement and causing a linearly relative deceleration.
Might want to be careful which way you wrap that around the rim.

[kj]

We have the goat heads here, and the specialized armadillos were all that kept me from giving up bike riding. I'm pretty sure they don't make 27" tires though. I've had really good service from jensonusa.com, cambriabike.com, and blueskycycling.com. Nashbar is good where you are, these are in Cali, so if people are in the west, these are a bunch quicker. kj.

[Black]

Performance, and http://www.pricepoint.com are usually where I buy.
I always juist shop sales, but then I'm not that demanding anymore now that I just ride to get from A to B and not to log 150+ miles every weekend.
I last settled into Michelin Super Sports on my road bike, and liked 'em fine. I thought the rubber was dense and they didn't lose air too quickly. Many people swear by Contis but I always found they wore very quickly and then started to pick up glass and debris easily once they did.

For Deck, most of the smooth/"city" ATB tires are pretty cheap-- I usually just order whatever's on sale and if I like them, fine. You'll surely end up using whatever you order. Avoid tires with recessed grooves of any sort because they 'grab' sharp debris and hold it so it can get puched into the tire with each revolution. I Prefer knobbies in the city though (that is I prefer them over having to repair tubes on the way to work a few times a year).

[mattkime]

I've commuted through industrial parts of nyc so i've learned the hard way what works best to prevent flats.

definitely get kevlar. i'd consider getting thicker tubes, marketed as puncture resistant. the thing i particularly like about them is that they lose air a lot slower. and if you want to go for triple protection, get some mr. tuffy tire liners.

[Racer X]

I was thinking about the tire liners too. A pain sometimes to get them installed properly, but not a bad idea overall.

[Black]

Tire liners are absolutely a bad idea. I don't care about the weight they add, but they have the potential to pinch the tube between their edges and the tire, causing the exact problem they're supposed to prevent.
Mixed feelings about Kevlar tires. I used to do all my riding on Specialized Armadillos, but found that once the rubber started to wear a bit from the center they picked up glass and shards and seemed to puncture as easily as a non-kevlar tire.
I run a knobby on the back and a semi-slick on the front now for all city riding (the front is a lot easier to fix in case of a you-know-what).