-
Ah yeah the usual childish "you are wrong hippy is right" stance, I shouldn't have indulged but I'll finish.
Your opinion that a race tyre with no puncture protection is fine for all racing including racing long time trials on crap rides is your own; I am correct in not blaming the tyre but the user choice. Which you then weirdly agreed with. I maintain the watt saving at all costs when riding in on crap roads doesn't make sense.
In any case, I chose the STR over the TT today as I needed to be able to ride multiple non-race journeys prior to the start line. The 3w penalty I was confident wouldn't make a difference, didn't. And fwiw, I was racing for the win, I couldn't care less about my time on the course.
onyerbike-
Ah yeah the usual, It's a bike forum and I'm so serious, I think I know better and must prove it with some second-hand anecdote.
All racing, no, this is a TT thread and we were talking about 25s and my experience with tyres I was offering to someone racing 25s. You claim the tyres are crap because you "talked to someone in some event that they punctured in" with zero explanation of the nature of the event or puncture and I claim they are good because they're fast and I've had no issues with them in the multiple British TT events I've used them in. I'll let the recipient decide if they want to use them for their events.
Your 3W penalty is only at certain pressures and per tyre, btw. This is the TT thread and we wouldn't want any bad maths misinforming anyone's tyre choice.
hippy
I mean, you're not. Worlds of what? What was the course like? How much time did they lose? Who picked the tyres and accepted the risk - presumably the rider? What was the puncture? How many other racers used the same tyres without issue? Your n=1 one doesn't prove anything, in the same way mine doesn't.
I'm not racing to win, I'm racing for distance/time so there's zero reason to use something slower. If you're riding 25s every week then missing one due to a flat is probably no biggie. On the other hand, if you've flown around the world to race something important and not properly considered the course and tyre requirements, well, that's not the tyre's fault.