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Dirk1978
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December 2010
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What is the difference between normal and folding tyres?
Many thanks
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daveydave43
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December 2010
normal tyres have a steel bead which means that the tyre cannot be folded back upon itself
folding tyres have a kevlar bead, so that they can be folded, and this also make them a bit lighter.
Go for the break
Create a chaingang
Make sure you don't break your chain
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3 RAV
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December 2010
No idea . . . but a few seconds on Google came up with this . . .
http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3520
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folding tyres have a kevlar bead, so that they can be folded, and this also make them a bit lighter.
Create a chaingang
Make sure you don't break your chain
http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3520