Massive Blow out Pro Race 3
Only my 2nd time out on a pair of new Pro race 3's and the rear tyre gets sliced open and now ruined!
Looks like hit glass, but we couldn't see anything. Big slice on side wall and through to inner tube. £25 down the drain.
Anypoint in trying to send it back to parkers international?
Looks like hit glass, but we couldn't see anything. Big slice on side wall and through to inner tube. £25 down the drain.
Anypoint in trying to send it back to parkers international?
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Try and send it back, why not? I'm sure they'll offer refund or a new tyre
I guess it happens. Not everyone on race tyres gets them sliced. If you like them, get them again.
BTW, what did you think to them? I'm thinking of getting them in summer because of reviews.
Cheers
Summer & dry days
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47 ... /Trek1.jpg
Wet winter days & going the shops runaround
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47 ... rello1.jpg
I got them for the Raid Pyranees I am doing this summer. Really light and goos for climbing.
Clearly, not a tyre of training on in February I guess!
Can anyone suggestt a good light tyre with ample puncture protection?
I have put an old pair of Scwlabe Lugano's on today, but they are heavy!
I got them for the Raid Pyranees I am doing this summer. Really light and goos for climbing.
Clearly, not a tyre of training on in February I guess!
Can anyone suggestt a good light tyre with ample puncture protection?
I have put an old pair of Scwlabe Lugano's on today, but they are heavy!
No tyre is puncture proof, if you ride over something sharp enough it will go through anything. You can't have ultimate performance and ultimate puncture protection in the same tyre, the lighter you go the easier they will penetrate.
Nice and light reasonable puncture protection but like you say not for Feb.
Something similar that is good for this time of year is Michelin Krylions.Available most places now stocks arrived in the UK
They'd have been worn out well before then anyway..
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Trust me, give them another try and forget about all the doom-mongers that somehow think that different seasons=more chance of punctures.
Even if you did puncture more often with pro race, you'll more than make up any time lost with their better rolling resistance than the 'bombproof tyres'
Life is too short to use crappy tyres.
I suppose my fear is that the road in France on the Raid Pyranees can be bad and will Pro Race 3's be susceptible to more punctures.
Have been looking at a compromise with the Vredestein Fortezza Tricomp.??
Been riding Pro2 and Pro3 in a daily basis ever since. Nothing like that has happened since.
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Any views or experiences compared to Pro Race 3 at all?
I just might be a bit of a tart...
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chrisw12. You will get more punctures in winter. Wet tyres cut more easily and they always cut the hedges at this time of year. I have not had a summer puncture for 4 years but have had 3 this winter. All my riding mates have had several as well.
Had GP4000s before but the PR3s are much grippier (especially on wet/humid corners) and feel faster too.
Good luck on the raid, hope the weather is good but not too hot, when are you doing it?
http://www.lives-responders.co.uk/cprmain
Mid June is usually OK, can be any type of weather here in the mountains, but generally warm to hot but not the more humid heat of July/August.
Just don't order the coq au vin in Massat !
Good luck and keep the ProRace 3s.