CD's in the freezer ?? Brilliant.......must try that :) --- Andy Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30 Jun 2006, at 11:18, Chris Mearns wrote: > > > they are lighter, very much costlier and they > allow the tyre to be > > folded up. Mostly they are for persuading fat and > unfit riders > > that they are saving weight in such a way that > will advantage > > them. Some probably claim they can identify a > certain zip in the > > ride that reflects this weight loss at the rim. > I'm sceptical, I > > think I;ve felt the difference on a 17lb carbon > road bike, but I'd > > be astonishe to detect a difference riding muddy > off raod conditiojns > > To further muddy the distinction sometimes the tyre > carcass is > constructed differently for kevlar tyres. You know > the canvas stuff > that shows through then a tyre is nearly worn out? > That's of a finer > pitch (and may be kevlar instead of something else) > on some kevlar > beaded tyres. The reasoning is that as well as > making the tyre > lighter it makes it more compliant and therefore > more grippy. > > Like Chris I've never noticed any difference at all > - but if you like > to keep your CDs in the freezer 'cos you've heard > they play better > like that you may want the extra reassurance :) > > -- > Andy Armstrong, hexten.net > > _______________________________________________ > mtbne-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.hexten.net/mailman/listinfo/mtbne-l > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ mtbne-l mailing list [email protected] http://www.hexten.net/mailman/listinfo/mtbne-l
