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dancing james
Soz, I've only taken them for one proper ride so far, life getting in the way mostly, but they were a nice ride. As smooth as you'd expect from a 350tpi Italian tyre and they feel nice and grippy both on the bike and if you poke them.
The problem is I can't get the bloody things to stay up! They don't go down straight away but over a few days they keep going almost completely flat.
My mechanic friend came round for a beer on Friday night and suggested pumping them up really hard as the bead has never clicked/pinged onto the rims. So I pumped them both to 125psi last night, but they stayed totally silent.
I think he said the next sensible thing to try is a compressor to see if more rapid inflation helps. I've got access to my LBS one so I can try that, but I'm wondering if it could be the Milkit valves that came with the wheels. Because I've never had any sealant leaks so I'm not convinced it's the tyres...