Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby hiflange » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:27 pm

4612 km on Gatorskins in 2010, variety of surfaces, no punctures

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby master6 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:57 pm

I fitted two new Gatorskins in the second week of October 2010, and have not had one puncture since that time.

Very happy with my Gators :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Comedian » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:20 pm

master6 wrote:I fitted two new Gatorskins in the second week of October 2010, and have not had one puncture since that time.

Very happy with my Gators :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
YEah but you can't count wind trainer time. They have to be used outside for it to count. :)

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby rustychisel » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:38 pm

Comedian wrote: YEah but you can't count wind trainer time. They have to be used outside for it to count. :)

Ha ha...

Don't poke the possum with that stick, my man. :wink:

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby master6 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:40 pm

Comedian wrote:
master6 wrote:I fitted two new Gatorskins in the second week of October 2010, and have not had one puncture since that time.

Very happy with my Gators :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
YEah but you can't count wind trainer time. They have to be used outside for it to count. :)
Wind trainers are for those with excess wind.
I have never used one.
Gatorskins prefer bitumen.

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Jean » Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:40 am

Went to take my rear Gatorskin off this morning (to try out some Rubino Pros :roll: ) only to find a sizable bit of fine steel wire sticking out of the tread. No puncture though. Again the Gators reward my faith, even if I'm in an experimental mood with some Vittorias.

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby mikesbytes » Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:48 pm

How much thread should I let be exposed on the rear before sending it for a fitting burial? I'm running a tyre liner
If the R-1 rule is broken, what happens to N+1?

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Postby Mustang » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:34 pm

I havn't used Gatorskins yet, but have two slashed tyres from glass since Jan, now on my 3rd rear.
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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Nobody » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:56 pm

Jean wrote:Went to take my rear Gatorskin off this morning (to try out some Rubino Pros :roll: ) only to find a sizable bit of fine steel wire sticking out of the tread. No puncture though. Again the Gators reward my faith, even if I'm in an experimental mood with some Vittorias.
Good idea. I think I'll order a Rubino Pro for the front. The rear Gator is looking pretty flat and is close to finished. Still not a single puncture.

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby master6 » Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:37 pm

ajmit3 said in that other thread

"Got 3000km + out of my gators - no flats = no complaints. Awesome tire"

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby norbs » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:39 pm

I put my first set on today.

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby winstonw » Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:36 pm

Coincidentally, I bought ultra gators from Evans a few months ago ($60 for a pair) and was waiting for a flat before putting them on.
That happened in the wet on Sat. Was on a roundabout and felt the front tyre slip sideways. I thought gee it is more slippery wet than I thought...must take it easier on the corners. Then about 5 secs later I felt the tyre was deflating slowly.

Reminded me how dangerous punctures are. If I'd be moving faster on a bend with that slow puncture, the tyre could very well have rolled off the rim.

So now I have the gators on. I was amazed how much I had to concentrate to ride with no hands. Presume the previous tyres had flattened enough to make no hands easier.

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Nobody » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:18 pm

winstonw wrote:So now I have the gators on. I was amazed how much I had to concentrate to ride with no hands. Presume the previous tyres had flattened enough to make no hands easier.
Are the Gators a different size to the old tyres? Specifically, are they bigger?

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Postby winstonw » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:12 pm

Nobody wrote:
winstonw wrote:So now I have the gators on. I was amazed how much I had to concentrate to ride with no hands. Presume the previous tyres had flattened enough to make no hands easier.
Are the Gators a different size to the old tyres? Specifically, are they bigger?
Both 700 x 23
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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Mulger bill » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:32 pm

I'd like to take this opportunity to appease Master6 by reporting that my rainy in both directions commute today was in accordance with tradition :mrgreen:
...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
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Postby master6 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:46 pm

Master 6 is orgasmic. Wish it was more frequent :D :D :D :D :D

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Mulger bill » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:04 pm

Wut? Being appeased or orgasmic?

I can help with the first option... :P
...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby master6 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:16 pm

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Careful Mulgar, go any further and we will have to get married :D :D :D :D :D :D :D


:D :D :D :D Cant do that because it would mean contemplating bigamy :D :D :D :D I am currently negotiating marriage to drubie. :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby GaryFM » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:14 pm

My guess is that many people sit on the fence not wanting to upset Drubie and the 'worse ever' disciples but its time stand up and be counted:

1000k on the rear Gatorskin without an issues and a lot of that time in a breakdown lane where glass and debris is all too common.

I guess I'm a believer.....A very good tyre.

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Fred Nurk » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:55 pm

Its the most appropriate place for it, but I've clocked up 5000kms on my Gatorskin on my front wheel. Still looks like plenty of tread left.

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Postby master6 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:18 pm

Fred Nurk wrote:Its the most appropriate place for it, but I've clocked up 5000kms on my Gatorskin on my front wheel. Still looks like plenty of tread left.
Welcome to the Brotherhood Fred.

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Postby Fred Nurk » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:00 pm

master6 wrote:
Fred Nurk wrote:Its the most appropriate place for it, but I've clocked up 5000kms on my Gatorskin on my front wheel. Still looks like plenty of tread left.
Welcome to the Brotherhood Fred.
I've discovered that its not such a good idea to use one as a rear tyre, last one I managed to stretch to 3000kms with a big gash in the centre of the tread, one before that was barely 500kms with a large sidewall cut. Front tyres, however...

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby master6 » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:01 am

Fred Nurk wrote:
I've discovered that its not such a good idea to use one as a rear tyre, last one I managed to stretch to 3000kms with a big gash in the centre of the tread, one before that was barely 500kms with a large sidewall cut. Front tyres, however...
I was about to post your badge Fred; dont worry, put one of the well trained gators from the front onto the back, and ,man, you will be a "brother".

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Re: Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby mikesbytes » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:10 pm

Well I have been playing chicken with how far I can wear down the rear gatorskin, I'm using tyre liners so I was quite happy to go right thru the tread. Now the tyre is deforming, which is not a negative about the tyre, but a symton of old age. I'll move the front gatorskin to the rear and put one of my race tyres that are knocking around on the front.
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Gatorskin....A VERY GOOD TYRE

Postby Comedian » Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:08 pm

Hey I've done 13k on mine now and no punctures! :mrgreen:

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