Fortezza Tricomp tires. Unlucky?

weedy1
weedy1 Posts: 143
edited June 2011 in Road buying advice
Fitted a pair last sunday.
30 miles later rear has a massive cut right through the carcass. Now in bin.
Have I been super unlucky?
At about £30 thats £1 per mile ! :(

Think I'll go to gatorskins.

The fortezzas felt ok but not that different in comfort or roling resistance.

Maybe I need more than 30 miles to acquire the feel ! lol

anyway I blame wiggle !

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  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    Could be any number of things. I've done training runs, been on the turbo and crit raced on Fortezza Superlites over the last few months (including a few high-speed offs on the gravel) and they've been fine.

    You do need to heed the psi levels though - they have to be higher than normal, 120psi minimum.
  • Dadmo
    Dadmo Posts: 61
    Very unlucky, I'd say. I've had one puncture in 3000 miles on my Quattro Tricomps. Not the quickest tyres, though, and you do need to keep them at 110psi minimum.
  • weedy1
    weedy1 Posts: 143
    hmm was running @ 115psi.

    Oh well I musta bit on the hard cheese.

    dammit
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    Another vote in the very unlucky column.

    I love these tyres. Second only to Open-Pave CGs for me. For so-called 23Cs I think they're fantastic.
    2010 Cannondale CAAD 9
    2008 Wilier Izoard
  • Chris James
    Chris James Posts: 1,040
    I'd say unlucky too. My Triomps are bombproof. Barely a nick, and never a puncture after 2500 - 3000 miles.
  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    swear by them, but 115 psi is way too low, you need between 130 and 150. They will take 175 apparently, but I'm worried what might happen if I tried it....I put 150 into mine on my TT bike on cosmic carbones.
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  • ynyswen24
    ynyswen24 Posts: 703
    I like them. They're good.
  • mike ives
    mike ives Posts: 319
    I used to use the Fortezza Tricomps but though I found them to be light and roll well, I also found they cut up easily. I've now changed to Vittoria Rubino Pro. So far (100 miles) I'm very pleased as they seem tougher, lighter and cheaper. They also can be obtained in a range of colours and seem eaier to source.

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