{"id":752,"date":"2009-06-07T15:47:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T05:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2009-06-07T15:47:59","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T05:47:59","slug":"new-tyres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"new tyres"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I like the Greenspeed scorchers<\/a>, but I keep on getting flat tyres. Three flats in three weeks. This is because the roads I ride are covered in glass. So I’d recommend if you get these tyres, get the kevlar lined ones. But I have moved over the Schwalbe Marathon Plus<\/a> tyres.\u00a0 I will see how they go.<\/p>\n

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They are a smaller (width wise – 16″ x 1 3\/8″ (37-349) against 16″ x 1 1\/2″ (40-349) ) but also have tread. I had been locking up the Scorchers in the wet and sliding a little on the concrete roads. I have only been riding once with the new tyres, so I cannot really report on them. The new tyres definitely make a lot of road noise. The Scorchers were very quiet. I changed the tyres last night. But I managed to break a tyre leaver putting the last tyre on and also punctured the tube. So today I took them around to Mick Mazza’s and he fixed the tyre for me. He used a different technique and did not use tyre leavers to put the tyre back on. This is when I puncture the tyre, so I am going to try and learn his technique. I did not purchase new tubes with the tyres. It turns out I should have and the tubes in there at the moment are a little too big. Mick did not have the smaller size. He said it used to be common, but almost no one uses it any more.<\/p>\n

I bought the tyres from Michael at Fuse Recumbents<\/a> in Canberra. He was very helpful and answered all my questions before I committed to making the purchase. Here is some of the info he sent relating to my two types of Tyres.<\/p>\n