On 6/25/20 3:09 PM, Paul Brodek wrote:
Hey Steve, do I peer through the cobwebs of my mind to see that you might be one of the fellas I bought a pair of Challenge tires from after your trials and tribulations?
No, not me. I got one pair as a gift (the owner tried mounting them and gave up) and bought a pair (from someone who tried mounting them and gave up) but I've never sold a pair.
I've probably related this before, but several/many years back when trying to install Parigi-Roubaixs on modern, maybe H+Sons Archetype rims?, when trying to roll the last bit of bead over the rim sidewall, the tire tried to scrape off the top layer of skin from my entire right palm. It gave me the largest blister I've ever had in my entire life, and...well, I won't go into detail, but I had to find the largest possible band-aids for large wounds, and it took weeks to heal. That was the last time I messed with Challenge tires until this last pair of Strada Bianca Pros. They didn't wound me this time, but I did wonder why I was bothering. Until I saw how round and puffy they are.
I had to use a toe strap to keep the tire on the rim just to mount the first bead - and I needed to use tools to do it, too. Just ridiculous. A sublime ride, but the mean time between flats was very short, as was their service life. You can get the same or better ride with a lot less hassle with other options.
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