Dear Ron, veering off-topic, but I've gone through thirty-five Parigi-Roubaix, Strada Blanca, and Eroica tires since 2008. None have delaminated. Their older (tubulars) had problems occasionally, as did Clement, FMB, and (rarely) Vittoria tubulars.
Best, Will William M. deRosset Fort Collins, CO On Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 6:19:38 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote: > > Don't want to derail the thread, and I've heard the Challenge complaints > in 3 forums, but have never experienced the problem with Challenge tires on > (and off) 5 bikes for up to 7 years and well over 10,000 miles. Also > Vittoria hand-glued tires, which are great, but have short rubber life. > > On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 12:37:55 PM UTC-5, Mark Reimer wrote: >> >> I'd be wary of hand glued. I"ve had at least 10 pairs of challenge CX >> tires and most of them had the tread peel off the casing in short order. >> Being active in the CX scene here, I've seen MANY other challenge tires >> fail from the tread coming off. Some times on the first ride. That might be >> a Challenge QC issue more so than the notion of hand-glued, but either way >> makes me nervous. I've never had any other tire do that. >> >> On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 12:33:34 PM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: >>> >>> the Challenge are also hand-glued tires. I'm thinking the Somas will be >>> vulcanized tires with fine casings. If they're hand-glued, they would be >>> pretty amazing tires, IMO. >>> >>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
