Bought some as I am getting tired of flatting. A guy I was riding with told me he used them but felt like he was riding on soft asphalt all the time. They just really felt sluggish. Anyone used these tires?
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I guess I shouldn’t have said Bontrager in the subject line.
ANyone?
I have the Bontrager hard case tires. Not sure if the “Race Lite Hard Case” are the same. I’ve been riding them for training for the last 4 years and love them. Flat maybe once a year on 200-300 miles a week of training. I ride on pis poor roads with lost of debris. I find them to be far better than Conti GatorSkins or even the Specialized Armadillo.
My wife sucks at changing a flat, so she bought these last year, has rode about 5,000 miles since and has NEVER had a flat. She’s gonna get new ones this week, becuase she’s doing IMC and doesn’t want to temp the gods… I don’t know how they ride, but she says even if they add 15 minutes to her bike split, it’s still quicker that her changing a tire during a race.
I like them. They are not super supple racing tires, but they are better than Armadillos or Gatorskins in my opinion.
The new tire I like is the Race X Lite AC. It is between the Hardcase and the Race X Lite racing tire - better flat protection than the regular Race X Lite, but lighter and more supple than the Hardcase.