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respectfully, darts were a sketchy easy to puncture front-only tyre (paired with smokes rear) in 1996, i shouldn’t think they have improved unless reissued and redesigned . there’s a reason mint sauce ran smokes front as well as back.
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the'ye from 2009, they're re-issued - surely enough to get me riding the bike.
at least enough to convince me that i should give the bike shop ££££££ to bother installing some nicer tubeless tyres before the upcoming [REDACTED] next year with [REDACTED] where we hope to be doing [REDACTED]
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there’s a reason mint sauce ran smokes front as well as back.
I got this old person's reference. Now Onza Octopus, that was a classic 90s tyre. Still never surpassed for grip on wet surfaces.
Maj
chez_jay
i will be trading my scwalbes with @ibob for their kevlar bead darts which were loose enough for thumbs apparently - if these don't work we'll be back to looking for rim replacements i think