Recent content by Surly B

I'd listen to the advice already given on the Vittorias and Tufos. They just don't hook up as well as the Challenge and Dugasts. The Vits are also very narrow for their stated sizes. You need to go with a 34, at least, in the Vits. The Vits are also very slippery and you WILL END UP ON YOUR...

GETTING away from clinchers? I train on clinchers (most of the time) and do all my winter riding on them. They are the cheapest and most convenient set-up for that kind of riding. For snow and ice there's nothing like a Mud2 in the back in a Jet in the front, or in deep mud Mud2s front and rear...

I'm not 100% sure but I think Tufo has discontinued the tubular clinchers though you can still find some around. And as far as tubeless, while I haven't used them, I heard a lot of them in action last year going through the turns ... "Burp!" Excuse me! And I had a number of friends using...

CN & new look I like the new look. I also have considered, and still do, CN the best place for cycling news. VN is baloney, to be kind. Now I'm just hoping you've still got a those old "Pro Bikes" of years past stuck somewhere in here. I always like going back to check what pro 'cross racers...