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- From: tthiel@cs.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
- Subject: Re: Team Motorola will Race on Clinchers in 1993
- Message-ID: <C06oJx.LAC@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <ljhcbbINN575@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <3450009@hplred.HPL.HP.COM>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 16:31:09 GMT
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- jbrandt@hplred.HPL.HP.COM (Jobst Brandt) writes:
- >Ian D. Bjorhovde writes:
- >> I agree WHOLE-HEARTEDLY. I switched to Conts when my team was
- >> given a good deal on tires, and I was finally rescued from the
- >> god-awful Michelins that I had been riding (read: flats galore,
- >> torn sidewalls, etc).
- >I think there is a misunderstanding of the concept here. Pro teams
- >don't choose tires on the basis of whether they get glass cuts or
- >thorns. First off, the roads they race on in Europe have
- >practically none of these hazards and second, they ride the tire
- >that pays them to ride them. Tires are such an apparently important
- >piece of equipment that I can't imagine a business director would
- >just use one tire over others at the current state of affairs. I
- >would guess that Continental or Michelin would pick this one up
- >because they are the two big European firms that have taken a great
- >interest in racing.
- No shit! As if we didn't know that.
- >> I have ridden a pair of Contis for over 5 months, no flats, no
- >> problems. (They were pretty dead when I changed them, though).
- >Your testimonial is a bit ambivalent. What was the measure by which
- >they were "pretty dead". How many miles did you get on the rear
- >tire?
-
- Jesus Christ Jobs give the guy a break. He likes his tires. That doesn't mean he has to conduct tests on them. Not everybody analyzes things to death.
- -Terry
- >jobst_brandt@hplabs.hp.com
-