Raleigh Royal Audax / Randonneur

I've not noticed any problem, I usually make sure that they're good and hard before I set off though. That being said the Marathons' do have exceptionally hard side walls; which is one the issues I will be addressing in the upgrades.

Which leads me neatly to my next list:

Problems I've found

• The bars aren't compact enough.
  
• The transition between the levers and bars isn't flat enough so hurts my wrist.
  
• Levers are still a bit narrow my my taste.
  
• With my hands on the tops of the levers I'm over stretched.
  
• Seatpost is cheap crap.
  
• Mudguards are a bit flimsy and the mounts are poor.
  
• Tyres, which very tough, give quite a hard ride thanks to the inflexible sidewalls.
  
• Its quite a long reach down to the gear shifters.
  
• Brakes are fine until you've got a heavy load, then they become much to flexy.
  
• The rack needs some kind of light mount to use with full bags.