Changed tire on bike
Oct. 16th, 2011 10:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyThe surviving Top Touring 2000 that Eric gave me a couple of years ago started acting wonky last week; the handling got really squirrelly feeling, like it was squirming, and I started to feel bumps when I was on smooth road. I didn't see anything on the first inspection, but when I looked again a couple of days later I found that there was some very slight sidewall bulging and some weathering. I suspect it has separated tread inside given how it was giving me a weird feeling while rolling.
Not wanting to have a tire blow out at 30 MPH, I pulled it off and trashed it today and put on the old Bontrager Race Lite from a few years ago. That should hold me until the studs go on next month. I also have a brand new Pacela tire in the basement for next year. I think the front tire is a Marathon. I'll probably put that on the back next spring and the Pacela on the front.
I don't really want to say that I'm actually looking forward to putting studded tires on, but I'm curious to see how the new Nokian W240s ride.
Odometer 25800
Not wanting to have a tire blow out at 30 MPH, I pulled it off and trashed it today and put on the old Bontrager Race Lite from a few years ago. That should hold me until the studs go on next month. I also have a brand new Pacela tire in the basement for next year. I think the front tire is a Marathon. I'll probably put that on the back next spring and the Pacela on the front.
I don't really want to say that I'm actually looking forward to putting studded tires on, but I'm curious to see how the new Nokian W240s ride.
Odometer 25800
