Have a co-worker that uses Armadillo on his 3k or so Specialized Roubaix. He's not the best at fixing flats and would rather have a tough tire than a smoother ride.
Had a set of Randonneur tires. They were good for holding up my nearly 300 pounds. Didn't notice the ride quality at the time. They are not nearly the worst tires I've used. That goes to either the WTB Slickasaurus or Bontrager Select K. Both were flat prone when I had them and just ugly feeling. Luckily they do work as trainer tires. The Schwalbe Marathon on my Brompton are no great joy. However, dread fixing a flat on that bike. So they stay on. (Hey, that's it can blame my slow riding in August at the SoCal Riv Ride on those tires.) Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jan 7, 7:21�pm, Doug Van Cleve <dvancl...@gmail.com> wrote: > No offense guys, but you clearly ride on pretty decent roads. �Where I ride, > even an armadillo is no guarantee that you won't get at least 1 flat per > week, assuming 3-4 days of riding. �I have a 28mm (true width) Armadillo on > the back on my nice fixie (don't like unbolting the wheel along the road if > I can avoid it) and I run it at about 90PSI. �I weigh 200+ and frankly I > don't notice anything horrible going on back there. > > I think a lot of newbies are deathly afraid of getting a flat and go for > ultra stout over light and more likely to flat... > > Doug > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:57 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > >> On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 14:34 -0800, cyclotourist wrote: > >> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > � � � � On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 14:14 -0800, beth h wrote: > >> > � � � � > An astonishingly bomb-proof tire with an equally > >> > � � � � astonishingly > >> > � � � � > mediocre ride quality. > > >> > � � � � Those two things do tend to go together. �How does it compare > >> > � � � � with the > >> > � � � � Specialized Armadillo (my all time worst ever ride quality > >> > � � � � tire)? > > >> > � � � � -- > > >> > Please do not ever mention that tire in polite company. > > >> You would be very surprised to see how many high end (and I'm talking 8 > >> grand and up) road bikes I see with those Armadillo 700x23s. �I find it > >> entirely incomprehensible. > > >> -- > > > Not surprised, amazed. �Do they come stock like that or to owners put them > > on after purchasing them? �I can't imagine a mnfg. allowing their bike to > > leave the factory with those mounted. > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." �~Bill Nye, > > scientist guy- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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