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clayhorste
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: October 12, 2009
Strengths: NonWeaknesses: UnreliableBottom Line: I have to say that these tires aren't worth the glue to put them on. I only had them on a week when they sprung a mysterious leak that I can't find without ripping out all of the stitching and submerging the tub under water. The air comes out a hole in the casing , but the leak is elsewhere as I opened up the casing, pulled out as much tube and I dared and submerged it under water and watched it deflate, but no bubbles from the submerged section.
Favorite Ride: Commute over Scravel Hill
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Panaracer Practice Dual TG
Bike Setup: Panasonic DX3000 commuter with tubulars, 3 speed internal gear hub and a coaster brake.
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Hill Boy
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: December 8, 2001
Strengths: They hold up fine. They are basically round. They are rubber. They hold air (better than my $80 race tires do, for that matter.) They aren't clinchers. What do you want here? It's a training tire. They aren't terribly light, they aren't terribly round. In fact, I was a little surprised at the remarkably low rolling resistance, but I guess that might come from riding them at 9bar. For crying out loud, it's a 6 dollar tire. That's its strength right there. You can spend $12 on a tube these days.Weaknesses: If I were trying to race on these, I would complain that they bulge in a couple places and that they weigh more than the rims they're glued to. But I'm not trying to race on them, because that's what my racing tires are for. Just like I wouldn't race on rims built in the early 80s. Sheesh. As a training tire, you can't get a cheaper tubular.Bottom Line: So really, all of the griping below is more than a little out of hand. These are a [i]training[/i] tire, not a race tire. More to the point, they are a winter trainging tire; lower speeds, wet conditions, all around nasty. They don't have to be light, they don't have to be terribly round, they just have to be cheap.
I had a set of Omega Stradas laced to an aging set of 105 hubs to build up a reasonably heavy, mildly aero wheelset for less than $150 including labor, and I glued these bad boys onto them. The goal wasn't speed or light weight or screaming descents, it was just something that I can put low intensity miles on without costing myself a fortune.
Favorite Ride: The dead fast one.
Price Paid:
$6.00
Similar Products Used: I've tried the Tufo trainers, and for the substantial difference in cost, it ain't worth it. Veloflex Servizio Corses, Vittoria Corsa CXs, but those are race tires so it's not really the same thin
Bike Setup: Race setup: 303s, light bike (sub 16)
Winter training setup: Ancient campy rims laced to cheap shim
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Submitted by
Mr Bib
a
from WashingtonDate Reviewed: August 28, 2001
Strengths: cheapWeaknesses: cheapBottom Line: Thes tires are junk!
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: cheap wheels
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J. T.
a Road Racer
from KansasDate Reviewed: August 27, 2001
Strengths: Cheap, and hold up well for the cost.Weaknesses: WeightBottom Line: The Rally is a good training tire. If you are riding over rocks, metal or anything else on the road that can puncture the kevlar belt, my guess is that you any tire would have flatted.
I can ride the Rally's for about 1,000 miles before I "rotate" them. Moving the rear tire to the front, and swappng in a new rear tire. The old front then gets relegated to the back of the closet as a winter stationary training tire.
At the price, you are looking at getting through an entire season of training for less than $100 in training tires and having 5-6 tires available to get you through the winter.
The other thing I like about these tires is that Vittoria's cloth tape seems to be very good at working with 3M fast tack. I have a small tube that I carry with me for my spare and the one time I had to use it, it held the whole way home. Once I got home, I had to fight to get the tire off the rim so I could replace the spare with a new tire, always a good sign for a roadside repair.
I would highly recommend these tires as training tires ... thats what they are.
Price Paid:
$17.00
Purchased At: Nashbar.com
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: DeBernardi Steel. Campy Daytona/Chorus 10 Speed mix. Reflex Tubular Rims used with this tire. Campy Nucs for race day.
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J. T.
a Road Racer
from KansasDate Reviewed: August 27, 2001
Strengths: Cheap, and hold up well for the cost.Weaknesses: WeightBottom Line: The Rally is a good training tire. If you are riding over rocks, metal or anything else on the road that can puncture the kevlar belt, my guess is that you any tire would have flatted.
I can ride the Rally's for about 1,000 miles before I "rotate" them. Moving the rear tire to the front, and swappng in a new rear tire. The old front then gets relegated to the back of the closet as a winter stationary training tire.
At the price, you are looking at getting through an entire season of training for less than $100 in training tires and having 5-6 tires available to get you through the winter.
The other thing I like about these tires is that Vittoria's cloth tape seems to be very good at working with 3M fast tack. I have a small tube that I carry with me for my spare and the one time I had to use it, it held the whole way home. Once I got home, I had to fight to get the tire off the rim so I could replace the spare with a new tire, always a good sign for a roadside repair.
I would highly recommend these tires as training tires ... thats what they are.
Price Paid:
$17.00
Purchased At: Nashbar.com
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: DeBernardi Steel. Campy Daytona/Chorus 10 Speed mix. Reflex Tubular Rims used with this tire. Campy Nucs for race day.
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