Continental Ultra Race Black Folding Tyre

Advantages: Cheap, Grippy, Narrow, Hard Wearing (so far)
Disadvantages: Having I tyre that shares its name with a reptile!?!?!?

...I have only been road riding (lots of commuting) since the start of the summer, so appologies if this review is vague. What I do know is that the standard tyres on my specialized allez comp were forever picking up grit and glass and quite often puncturing (700 x 23 size). So far, I've had these on for a couple of weeks (cold and wet weather) and they seem to have ample grip and don't pick up much in the way of grit or glass. Time will obviously tell how durable they are, but first impressions are good. One thing I have noticed is that they seem to be narrower than the specialized tyres I had previously, even though they are the "same size" - I guess this just means you can go faster :o) I paid £17.96 per tyre from www.wiggle.com (next day delivery). So far I can't fault them to be honest.... Read review

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Advantages: kevlar reinforced belt, reflective sidewalls, design, on or off road suitable
Disadvantages: price is quite high but quality, safety and peace in mind costs

.... Introduction If you have problems with punctures, feel like wheel is to heave or something to use on o off road - this tyres are definitely for you. I bought them for my bike about 2 years ago. As remember paid about £18 per tyre. They lasted for over one year where cycling about 160 kilometres a week. I was extremely pleased with them. Honestly can not say anything wrong about these tyres. Rolling resistance is very low, so thanks that you should be more about to achieve higher speed. Continental supplied some models with reflective sidewall to increase your safety during nigh. I got this model and have to say that it really works well. As long as you keep your tyres quite clean they will reflect light brilliantly. The weight of a tyre is: - 640g folding option - 690g wired and reflective option - 670g wired only... Read review

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Advantages: The best companion you could hope for
Disadvantages: The breeding

...This is a review about a breed of cat which I am pretty sure most people have never heard off. Even if you have heard of the breed I am fairly certain you might not have seen one either. How this breed came about ----------------------------------- Well in 1961 in Perthshire, Scotland a shepherd by the name of William Ross noticed the first Scottish Fold cat on record at a farm near Coupar Angus. The cat had ears which appeared to be identical to how an owl might look which were folded. He decided to try and create the breed himself. He then took the cat to be registered and they began this breeding program with 76 kittens being born over a four year period. Out of those 76 kittens 42 of them had folded ears and 34 didn't. The theory is that the reason they have folded ears is due to an incomplete dominant gene and is this is... Read review

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