KJMUNC
03-20-2019, 11:10 AM
Just had a Challenge Paris Roubaix split at the sidewall and ordered a replacement on ebay.
The tire that showed up looks and feels significantly different than the tire I'm replacing:
- The labels are the first difference: previous version has large sidewall labels, ebay tire has very small labels (see pics - top is ebay pic, which matches my old tire, bottom pic is what I got).
- The older tire has a red strip down the inside of the tire, which appears to be an anti-puncture protection strip. The ebay version has no internal layer/strip.
Has anyone else experienced this? I rode it 30mi this weekend without any issues but curious to know if Challenge changed the template for their Paris Roubaix tires or if I wound up with a fake.
The tire that showed up looks and feels significantly different than the tire I'm replacing:
- The labels are the first difference: previous version has large sidewall labels, ebay tire has very small labels (see pics - top is ebay pic, which matches my old tire, bottom pic is what I got).
- The older tire has a red strip down the inside of the tire, which appears to be an anti-puncture protection strip. The ebay version has no internal layer/strip.
Has anyone else experienced this? I rode it 30mi this weekend without any issues but curious to know if Challenge changed the template for their Paris Roubaix tires or if I wound up with a fake.