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09-06.-2008, 07:24 AM
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TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
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What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 Thanks |
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09-06.-2008, 08:04 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
On Jun 8, 3:24*pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? > > http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 > The "pro" is that they are called TUFO because they are made out of TOFU. Therefore, if you have a breakdown in the middle of nowhere and run the risk of starving to death, you can eat the spare tire that you have thoughtfully brought. There are two cons: 1. The exceptional strength of TUFO tires makes them effective for garrotting people who continue to crosspost their tech questions that have nothing to do with racing to both r.b.racing and r.b.tech. 2. You can't fix a flat in a TUFO "tubular-clincher" tire by simply removing and replacing the tube, so these are the one type of tire where you have to either use and trust the sealant or actually carry a whole spare tire (and tube). Ben RBR Order of Assassins |
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09-06.-2008, 08:28 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
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09-06.-2008, 09:28 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
Maple Tree wrote:
> Hello, > > What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? > > http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 > > Thanks > > regardless of anything else, my experience with them has been that of the most puncture prone tire i've ever used. |
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09-06.-2008, 09:43 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
On Jun 8, 4:24 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? > > http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 > > Thanks The pro to the "Tufo company", is that they are very expensive, and they make a lot of $$$$. The con to you is that they cost a lot of money and they have no noticeable advantage over other tires. |
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09-06.-2008, 09:55 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
<andresmuro@aol.com> wrote in message
news:981def93-9c5f-43b6-ad8f-9a9f9d7173e2@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 8, 4:24 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? >> >> http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 >> >> Thanks > > The pro to the "Tufo company", is that they are very expensive, and > they make a lot of $$$$. The con to you is that they cost a lot of > money and they have no noticeable advantage over other tires. And they are very difficult to repair. Unless you like a pint of liquid floating around in your tires. |
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10-06.-2008, 03:10 AM
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CANADA: TUFO Tires - Best Internet Retailer ?
Hi, what is the cheapest price for TUFO tires from Canadian Internet
retailers ?? Thank you |
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10-06.-2008, 04:45 AM
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Re: CANADA: TUFO Tires - Best Internet Retailer ?
On Jun 9, 2:10 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> Hi, what is the cheapest price for TUFO tires from Canadian Internet > retailers ?? Hmmm, you seem to have an internet connection, so I can't understand why Google doesn't work for you. http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/dea...?country=Canada You've gotten limited response to your original question about Tufo tires, most were less than glowing, and most posters are in the US (except for those wacky Euro bastards who shall not be mentioned), so why would you think that you'd get a meaningful response on Canadian retailers? Don't take this as an attack, I'm doing a research paper on people that ask odd questions.  ~R |
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10-06.-2008, 05:24 AM
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Re: CANADA: TUFO Tires - Best Internet Retailer ?
"RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote in message news:9fc8fc8b-5d92-4dd1-8c9b-735fbee01716@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 9, 2:10 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote: >> Hi, what is the cheapest price for TUFO tires from Canadian Internet >> retailers ?? > > Hmmm, you seem to have an internet connection, so I can't understand > why Google doesn't work for you. > http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/dea...?country=Canada > > You've gotten limited response to your original question about Tufo > tires, most were less than glowing, and most posters are in the US > (except for those wacky Euro bastards who shall not be mentioned), so > why would you think that you'd get a meaningful response on Canadian > retailers? Don't take this as an attack, I'm doing a research paper > on people that ask odd questions. ~> > R You should write a paper on A$$holes...it would make a great autobiography  ~MT |
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10-06.-2008, 05:57 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
Cons: Crappy rolling resistance for the most part.
http://www.biketechreview.com/tires/AFM_tire_crr.htm Kevin Maple Tree wrote: > Hello, > > What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? > > http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 > > Thanks |
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10-06.-2008, 06:07 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
> > Maple Tree wrote: >> Hello, >> >> What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? >> >> http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 >> >> Thanks "Kevin Metcalfe" <nslckevin@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:18e4d0ff-6594-4b4a-abba-d6ca7d74bb06@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Cons: Crappy rolling resistance for the most part. > > http://www.biketechreview.com/tires/AFM_tire_crr.htm > > Kevin Depends on the TUFO tire make and they seems competitive compared to the others. |
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10-06.-2008, 06:37 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
On Jun 9, 5:07 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> > Maple Tree wrote: > >> Hello, > > >> What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? > > >>http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 > > >> Thanks > "Kevin Metcalfe" <nslcke...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:18e4d0ff-6594-4b4a-abba-d6ca7d74bb06@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > Cons: Crappy rolling resistance for the most part. > > >http://www.biketechreview.com/tires/AFM_tire_crr.htm > > > Kevin > > Depends on the TUFO tire make and they seems competitive compared to the > others. Why don't you just hoist them up and buy a pair?* Then you can post something meaningful. Or at least your approximation of meaningful.  R * I meant a pair of Tufo tires in case you were wondering. |
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10-06.-2008, 07:07 AM
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Re: CANADA: TUFO Tires - Best Internet Retailer ?
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:24:33 -0400, "Maple Tree" <none@none.com> wrote:
> >"RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote in message >news:9fc8fc8b-5d92-4dd1-8c9b-735fbee01716@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... >> On Jun 9, 2:10 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote: >>> Hi, what is the cheapest price for TUFO tires from Canadian Internet >>> retailers ?? >> >> Hmmm, you seem to have an internet connection, so I can't understand >> why Google doesn't work for you. >> http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/dea...?country=Canada >> >> You've gotten limited response to your original question about Tufo >> tires, most were less than glowing, and most posters are in the US >> (except for those wacky Euro bastards who shall not be mentioned), so >> why would you think that you'd get a meaningful response on Canadian >> retailers? Don't take this as an attack, I'm doing a research paper >> on people that ask odd questions. ~>> >> R > >You should write a paper on A$$holes...it would make a great autobiography At least he knows how to use the google. |
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10-06.-2008, 08:25 AM
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Re: TUFO Tires - Pros & Cons ???
On Jun 9, 2:07 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> > Maple Tree wrote: > >> Hello, > > >> What are the Pros & Cons for TUFO Road Tires? > > >>http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/tir...php?seriesid=33 > > >> Thanks > "Kevin Metcalfe" <nslcke...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:18e4d0ff-6594-4b4a-abba-d6ca7d74bb06@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > Cons: Crappy rolling resistance for the most part. > > >http://www.biketechreview.com/tires/AFM_tire_crr.htm > > > Kevin > > Depends on the TUFO tire make and they seems competitive compared to the > others. The only ones that are in the ball park are approximately half the weight of the tires they are compared against. So, half the weight, certainly at least some decrease in reliability, only to get comparable rolling resistance. Make sure you've got wheels in the pit... Kevin |
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10-06.-2008, 09:42 AM
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Re: CANADA: TUFO Tires - Best Internet Retailer ?
On Jun 9, 5:07*pm, John Forrest Tomlinson <usenetrem...@jt10000.com>
wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:24:33 -0400, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote: > > >"RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote in message > >news:9fc8fc8b-5d92-4dd1-8c9b-735fbee01716@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > >> On Jun 9, 2:10 pm, "Maple Tree" <n...@none.com> wrote: > >>> Hi, what is the cheapest price for TUFO tires from Canadian Internet > >>> retailers ?? > > >> Hmmm, you seem to have an internet connection, so I can't understand > >> why Google doesn't work for you. > >>http://www.tufonorthamerica.com/dea...?country=Canada > > >> You've gotten limited response to your original question about Tufo > >> tires, most were less than glowing, and most posters are in the US > >> (except for those wacky Euro bastards who shall not be mentioned), so > >> why would you think that you'd get a meaningful response on Canadian > >> retailers? *Don't take this as an attack, I'm doing a research paper > >> on people that ask odd questions. * ~> > >> R > > >You should write a paper on A$$holes...it would make a great autobiography > > At least he knows how to use the google. Well, he got in here somehow (that should step on a few toes), even though anonymous (few more). Oops, I did it again. Point being, he wants someone to send him a couple of pairs, free/ postpaid, and then sue the sender & hiers when they are not the tires of his dreams. And call up the Mounties if one of them blows off at 220 (duh) lbs. And yeah, I think that's a real fair assessment. Since he didn't google the group for the info he wanted in the first place, and had a hissy (or was that pi$$y) fit when I suggested such. Tufo has been through rbt. They went through Austin, too, some years ago. One apparently successful application, at least in my limited time observing, was at Alkek velodrome in Houston, where the S3 or whatever the name of that red tubular was, 165g or similar, was a tire of choice ca. 2000. But that's a "miss" for the road semi-tubular clincher tire. The "concept" is attractive. Maybe compelling. Some use and enjoy. Only way to find out if you're one of the lucky few is to buy a set and proceed to Beta testing, see if you can make them work for you (or else!). --D-y |
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