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Back in the 90's I had some sidewall failures with Conti bike tires and never bought them again.
I bought a car in January that had new Conti tires on it. 2 weeks ago boom and 1 tire exploded due to a sidewall failure. nothing around on the road that may have punctured it. Appears to be a sidewall failure.
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Tire reviews are so subjective. Back in the day I had a pair of Schwalbe Ultremo ZX's that I got 6000 miles out of (granted, they were almost literally paper thin by the time I took them off, but they never once punctured!). I swapped them out for a new pair, and double flatted the new pair within 20 miles. C'est la vie.
I've had many enjoyable rides on the newish GP5K TR's, no problems at all. Likewise on the tubeless Schwalbe Pro One tires. Some people don't like either. So much depends on expectations, rider weight, rider habits (through that patch of debris or around it?), road conditions where one rides, etc. |
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I have to say I have no complaints on the 5000 tires running tubes. I am averaging 5000 miles usage on both mine & my wife's tires. Very few flats but that is probably down to roads & the fact we brush tires with our gloves if we go thru a bad patch & also when we get home |
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I had a gravelking slick that looked worse than OP's tire after less than 2000 miles. I was lucky I checked it when I did. |
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That said I've only had one sidewall failure from hitting a rock that I can remember in around 50,000 miles of riding on the road. Can't even remember what brand it was. I also had a panic stop years back where momentary lockup of the rear wore clean through the Conti 4000s II tire. Road it home for another 20+ miles with some highs speeds totally clueless to the fact I was down to the white casing at the time. That earned my respect. |
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commerce with former enemies?
If we refuse to trade with any entities that supplied AXIS powers during WW II
our choices of bicycles and components as well as cameras will be quite limited won't they? |
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Not entirely sure re Japanese companies (Mitsubishi, Datsun, Toyota), whether they went into US ownership or not, I havent' heard anything re that. |
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Also, I've been trying Pirelli Race 4s's and so far so good...the bead seems a little less prominent than Conti or Vittoria so I had to double check more often to make sure it was seated but honestly it's still too soon to tell..
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But you already know that. |
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IMO, the sidewalls on Conti tires fail from riding through gravel like you see at intersections on roads or where dirt roads meet pavement. You can't always go around it and of all the sidewall failures I've experienced, that has been the case.
For companies with a past, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that is innocent. You dig enough, you'll find the dirt. I am a recovering engineer and I am now a historian. I'm currently writing my thesis for a second history MA. Our entire nation was complicit with slavery followed by systemic racism beginning in Reconstruction. In the 1870s, the U.S. Government stopped making treaties with Indian Tribes because they were all considered wards of the country. We created Indian Schools where "you kill the Indian but save the man," and destroyed entire cultures. There are no innocent companies or groups of people. |
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At our current rate, our next decision will be whether we want to join the Morlocks or the Eloi.
Tech Bros are definitely Morlocks. And lest we forget, history is written by the victors. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriori_genocide Tim Last edited by mcteague; 08-25-2024 at 08:00 AM. |
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meh, sure it's important to understand and recognize what has happened in the past, but with big companies especially, I think they are best judged by what they are doing today. We have very real world problems that are happening right now; I think it makes sense to support companies that are doing the right things now and boycott those that are not.
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