I recieved my Comp24.1 from Cambria bike today....I wouldn't say I'm exremely Impressed. Nothing having to do with Cambria, but the tire itself. They were put in a big box like any other shipping company would, so don't think this is Cambrias fault....
They're supposed to have SUPER TOUGH STIFF sidewalls right? Well, compared to the Intense, they're REALLY flimsy. I can squeeze the tread down to both wires with one hand pretty easily, about the same difficulty as my Kenda Kinetic 2.1s...... I can't do that with ONE sidewall of the Intense.....
Also, my labeling on my tire kinda sucks. There's only labeling on ONE SIDE with Michelin in white paint (or whatever it is) opposite eachother and the other side just has Michelin in raised rubber. The wire beads aren't exactly perfectly round either, they farther at some points than others, by an inch or so. Like one spot they're almost touching, on another spot they're 3 inches apart, LOL.
LOL, don't get me started on the WildGripper 2.1 S. That thing has folded sidewals, like a bikes weight has been on it for awhile. Bulged out and FOLDED OVER like a roll of fat on a beer gut. The wire bead is wavy and the white letters are again, only on one side?
All of that is prolly all trivial, and has NO EFFECT once tubed/mounted and filled with air, but it sure as hell LOOKS sketchy not mounted/filled. I was expecting an UBER STIFF sidewall from the way you guys said the sidewall gives nice rebound/NEVER pinchflats. My crappy Kenda Kinetics even came in better condition new than that front Miche did...jeez, looks like melted plastic for sidewalls, LOL. But I dunno, my Intense came perfectly "true" and everything.....maybe it's just quality standards? I dunno, is everybody elses like this when they get it?
I can might snag a pic and post it later....if anybody is intrested.
**edit**The beads are wavy as in, when you look at a car tire, it's equadistant all the way around, but this bike tire, the beads are close at points, and FAR on others, don't think that I meant shaped wavy as in an "S" shape...
They're supposed to have SUPER TOUGH STIFF sidewalls right? Well, compared to the Intense, they're REALLY flimsy. I can squeeze the tread down to both wires with one hand pretty easily, about the same difficulty as my Kenda Kinetic 2.1s...... I can't do that with ONE sidewall of the Intense.....
Also, my labeling on my tire kinda sucks. There's only labeling on ONE SIDE with Michelin in white paint (or whatever it is) opposite eachother and the other side just has Michelin in raised rubber. The wire beads aren't exactly perfectly round either, they farther at some points than others, by an inch or so. Like one spot they're almost touching, on another spot they're 3 inches apart, LOL.
LOL, don't get me started on the WildGripper 2.1 S. That thing has folded sidewals, like a bikes weight has been on it for awhile. Bulged out and FOLDED OVER like a roll of fat on a beer gut. The wire bead is wavy and the white letters are again, only on one side?
All of that is prolly all trivial, and has NO EFFECT once tubed/mounted and filled with air, but it sure as hell LOOKS sketchy not mounted/filled. I was expecting an UBER STIFF sidewall from the way you guys said the sidewall gives nice rebound/NEVER pinchflats. My crappy Kenda Kinetics even came in better condition new than that front Miche did...jeez, looks like melted plastic for sidewalls, LOL. But I dunno, my Intense came perfectly "true" and everything.....maybe it's just quality standards? I dunno, is everybody elses like this when they get it?
I can might snag a pic and post it later....if anybody is intrested.
**edit**The beads are wavy as in, when you look at a car tire, it's equadistant all the way around, but this bike tire, the beads are close at points, and FAR on others, don't think that I meant shaped wavy as in an "S" shape...
