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- From: adr5@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Alex D Rodriguez)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing
- Subject: Re: Team Motorola will Race on Clinchers in 1993
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.195158.15434@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:51:58 GMT
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- Reply-To: adr5@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Alex D Rodriguez)
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- In article <ljk0onINN9d7@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> bhilden@bigriver.Eng.Sun.COM (Bruce Hildenbrand) writes:
- >In article <Bzrso3.L8r@news.water.ca.gov> stevec@water.ca.gov writes:
- >>Bruce Hildenbrand writes:
- >>>The subject line says it all, the brand will most likely be
- >>>Specialized.
- >>
- >>If they use Specialized, I would like to see if they switch for wet weather.
- >>My experience of Specialized tires in wet weather has been kinda painful.
- >>I've had better experience with Avocets and Michelins.
- >
- >Specialized has a new grey colored rubber compund that they claim is
- >softer and stickier than their current offering. You can try these
- >things out for about $28 at your local shop.
- >
- >Bruce
- >
- >ps - at least they aren't using those junky Avocet tires(see, Jobst,
- >even I can get a dig in without trying hard)
- >
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- If I recall correctly from their ad the tires are also suppose to wear out
- much faster. I think I'll stick with the Michelins I've been using.
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- Alex Rodriguez
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