On 11/12/2014 10:30 AM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Hugh
It's a $320 experiment, but it would be a really cool experiment. You
could buy a set of Soma Grand Randonneur tires in both the light and
fast (green label) version and the stout and rugged (blue label)
version. Ride them both on the road and see if you hate the rugged
Blue Label version. Ride them both on your trails and see if the Blue
Labels hold up in the conditions in which your Hetres got sliced. Let
us know how it worked out. Jan-types would predict the green labels
are a lot faster and have few enough flats that it's worth it. Others
might say they both ride fine, and the extra stoutness is worth it.
I'm not sure what happened to that sliced tire could be generalized to
"conditions." I was on a ride with my friend Holly when she got a
similar cut. She'd just ridden over a box cutter laying on the side of
the road, sharp side up. Sliced right through it. Who knows what
caused the cut we saw the photo of? It's not the sort of thing that
ordinary roadside conditions are likely to cause, unless your roadsides
are paved with broken bottles, tin cans with the lid attached, or
discarded box cutters. And you could ride for over 40 years and not
encounter a box cutter like the one Holly rode over.
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