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Re: Front Tire Question
Reply #30 - 10/25/17 at 03:29:20
 
mpescatori wrote on 10/25/17 at 02:07:31:
...a bike mechanic expert at lacing wire wheels ?
You mean like pink elephants and that thing about being rarer than hens' teeth ?
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Unfortunately... many mechanics don't even know how to setup points&condenser ignition, never mind lacing spokes...
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With all the bicycles you have over there....seems somebody would be good at making and lacing up wheel sets.  You could maybe find a bicycle mechanic who can do it for you.....hopefully he has a spoke torque wrench to get the spokes tightened up properly - the spoke maker can tell you the exact number - but I suspect it is around 45 in/lbs.
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Re: Front Tire Question
Reply #31 - 07/14/18 at 10:36:39
 
I dropped the money for Metzler 880, front and rear. After almost five Thousand miles the rear tire looks like it's gonna make fifteen or more.
Just put the front on less than two thousand ago. It's great. A little less grip on wet than I wanted, but I'm pleased overall.
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Reply #32 - 07/14/18 at 13:47:43
 
I have actually had great results from the Heidenau K34. It doesn't look that impressive, but is the longest-wearing front I have tried. In addition, it grips fantastic and mine is scrubbed from edge to edge (no, you cannot do that on a Savage, I have a different bike)  and it has never slid. That's more than I can say for a number of tyres I've used over the years.
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