Re: 27" tires at Walmart any good?

On May 5, 10:08=A0am, landotter <landot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 5, 11:59 am, "Carl Sundquist" <carl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "landotter" <landot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > The Performance GT2 House brand with Kevlar is pretty nice riding
for
> > > $12, also in a good 1 1/4":
> > >http://tinyurl.com/33amkn
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> > I tried the Performance GT2s. Horrible tire. They were so out of round
I=
 had
> > to take 'em off the wheels.
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> Performance and Nashbar contract their tires out to the big Taiwanese
> tire houses like everybody else. I've had no worse quality experience
> from them for basic all round tires--no doubt there can be a bad batch
> from any one from time to time. I've had name brand tires from WTB and
> Continental that had faulty rubber compound that rendered them
> unusable, unless you planned on fixing multiple flats per day. Luck of
> the draw.

All the more reason to go with the Paselas - still made by National in
Japan. A better 27" tire you will not find.