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When I was in Andy Gilmour’s shop yesterday, he had just received his AC Timekeeper 28mm tires. The packaging is nice, and when I handled them, they felt really supple and seemed really light. The tread pattern looks a lot like Conti GP5000s. He mounted one on a rim—nice and tight fit, and without measuring, they looked to run a bit narrower then their listed width. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Asian/American partnership makes the set-up costs of molds etc. a bit more doable. |
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So with no connection to the old company and with the tires made in Taiwan, it would appear that “ American Classic” is neither….
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American Classic of course!—not sure which model—but one of the more narrow ones—likely ~16mm ID. I may order some of the 32 mm tubeless ones today to see how they roll. Just looking at them and handling them, they didn’t seem like cheap tires. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Question: How do your Timekeeper road tires compare to the Continental 5000 tubeless? While the 5000 are fast, I’ve been a bit disappointed with the fragility and stiff ride, so looking for a better tire. Response: The rolling resistance depends on the wheel, speed, and pressure. In terms of tests like bicyclerollingresistance.com, the Timekeeper TL is about 14W +/- 0.5W. We hope this information helps. In terms of puncture protection, our construction provides bead-to-bead protection with an additional breaker. It will outperform the GP 5000 TL. For confort, the shoulder turn-up construction (similar to the Schwalbe Pro-One TL) will make it a supple ride. Last edited by LancasterPA; 09-21-2021 at 12:13 PM. Reason: Clean up wording |
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I have a set of 28 mm timekeeper tires on 22 mm ID rims, and they measure about 28.5 mm.
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Cool. You ride them yet?
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Not yet. In the process of replacing cables/housing on that bike.
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There is one negative review of the tubeless version of the Timekeeper up on Amazon, FWIW. I mostly don't trust Amazon reviews. And with so many different rim designs, who knows what happened. But I thought tubeless ready tires were supposed to work on hookless rims:
"I ordered the Time Keeper 700x28 and they did not hold on a hookless rim setup tubeless. Tire bead blew off during a test ride at 70PSI." |
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Will be interesting to see what folks think of them after they have had some road time Also if https://www.bicyclerollingresistance.com/ tests them would be nice Last edited by flying; 09-21-2021 at 12:19 PM. |
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Compare: https://www.amclassic.com/collection...products/udden Vs: https://www.wtb.com/products/venture Seems very comparable in weight to the reinforced WTB versions which are very popular in this segment, but nearly twice the price. |
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AFAIK every domestic tire brand is an Asian/American partnership? Jan Heine certainly wasn't/isn't getting a massive discount from market working with Panaracer if the info from Ultradynamico was any indication. These [gravel] tires may well be a great value, but their weight is significantly above most comparable offerings so I'm skeptical they have some secret sauce. Other than price and Amazon connection, that is. I added all their 650b sizes to my big tire sheet and they don't shake out very well by weight, their 700c offerings would probably be the same. Per many different tests, RR trends down with weight: Quote:
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