Racing roadkill
Guru
I bought a couple of Pirelli P Zero Velo tyres, at the cycle show, just to see what they’re like really.
I took the bike I’ve fitted them to for a ride this morning.
https://www.relive.cc/view/1447187406
This wasn’t particularly long, but did include some pretty nasty, wet descents, with gravel and spikey stuff all over the road. I was told by the guy at the show that the ones I was looking at were aimed at the Continental GP4000sII, regarding construction, and performance. They actually outperform the Continentals by a margin, in my opinion, in terms of grip, traction, weight, and cornering / rolling performance, so I was expecting them to be cut to ribbons, by the time I got home. To my amazement, they are unmarked, no cuts, no nicks, and I haven’t had to dig any nasties out of them. It showed me just how fragile the Continentals are, in comparison, in my opinion. The box they come in is quite a thing as well, really sturdy, I could well imagine being able to use it to bury a dead Hamster in, if I had a dead Hamster. They’ve also put this handy pictorial guide to fitting the tyres, on the box.
Which is nice.
I took the bike I’ve fitted them to for a ride this morning.
https://www.relive.cc/view/1447187406
This wasn’t particularly long, but did include some pretty nasty, wet descents, with gravel and spikey stuff all over the road. I was told by the guy at the show that the ones I was looking at were aimed at the Continental GP4000sII, regarding construction, and performance. They actually outperform the Continentals by a margin, in my opinion, in terms of grip, traction, weight, and cornering / rolling performance, so I was expecting them to be cut to ribbons, by the time I got home. To my amazement, they are unmarked, no cuts, no nicks, and I haven’t had to dig any nasties out of them. It showed me just how fragile the Continentals are, in comparison, in my opinion. The box they come in is quite a thing as well, really sturdy, I could well imagine being able to use it to bury a dead Hamster in, if I had a dead Hamster. They’ve also put this handy pictorial guide to fitting the tyres, on the box.
Which is nice.