That would have been my first guess, but it's on the opposite side of
the chain. I can't think of anything that could have made contact
with the tire. What's even more odd is that the REAR tire of my p-38
is having the same problem, and the tire is a vittoria, though I had
chalked that one up to use and abuse of ragbrai, plus all the
commuting I've done since.


--- In BaronOwners@yahoogroups.com, Don Smith <airxxxwolf@...> wrote:
>
> Greg,
> Is the sidewall problem with the Stelvio being caused
> by the tire rubbing on a dropped chain when you turn?
> Also, some friends have recently swapped the front
> Stelvios on their lowracers for Conti Sport Contacts
> and seem to really like them, but they are very hard
> to get on and off a Velocity rim.
>
> Don
>
> --- aikigreg <aikigreg@...> wrote:
>
> > I have a set of thracian wheels on my baron, and
> > schwalbe stelvio
> > tires front and rear. Somehow, the front tire has
> > started unraveling
> > along the sidewall near the rim - like a sweater
> > with a loose thread,
> > it's becoming unraveled. It started this about the
> > 800 mile mark.
> >
> > I had thought to just get another set of stelvios,
> > since I've not had
> > a single flat on the in spite of having ridden over
> > some nasty terrain
> > - potholes, glass, etc. But I thought before I do
> > that I'd check with
> > y'all and get some suggestions. I've been happy
> > with the stelvios,
> > but if there's something faster out there I'd
> > consider it, so long as
> > it doesn't detract too much from durability. Ideas?
> >
> > Oh, and it would be nice if the tire also fit on
> > either a vk2 fork or
> > a monoblade of some sort, since I expect I'll be
> > swapping that at some
> > point.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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