I always ride with a tube and pump (road and mountain) and I've flatted on both.  But they're few and far between.  I've never flatted due to running over something and getting it lodged in my tube.  What happened to me is if the tires aren't pumped up enough you'll get a  snake bite.  I don't...

I've got some GP4000S sitting on my desk, I can't wait to put them on my bike!!! In other news I just sold 2 out of 3 pairs of Chris Kings that I had laying around (along with my Moots bars/stem)  and I think I'm kind of sad about it.  Bye bye tubular Zipps.

 I like Continental stuff with the black chili compound...  Schwalbe is pretty good too.

  It's a good hard tail.  I worked for  a specialized shop for 4wks as a mechanic (then moved on to carbon fiber/composite manufacture/running a CNC machine)  and I can tell you the warranty is very good.      Your local shop should let you take one out on a test ride.  Fit is king.  Take it...

  I can't afford Campagnolo/I don't like their thumb shifter deal/freehub compatibility/cassette compatibility, and all my bikes are Shimano, except that sram one.  I can still use my shimano free hubs with the Sram though.   Mine are the Rival so I can only dump 2 gears easier per sweep, or...

  Haha yeah, unfortunately I already have all these wheels just laying around my house.  I used to ride the tubulars daily on my Quantum Pro (just sold it) but I've been paranoid about flats ever since I rode 60 miles away from my car then flatted at the end of a VERY isolated trail....  Walked...

Haha you know exactly what I'm talking about then!!  I also have a spare blue set of Chris King hubs so I might have them re-laced to some Open Pros  (32hx32h) instead of running the tubulars. The Moots also runs a silver Chris King set and of course I love their headsets too. I'm still waiting...

  Thank you very much :D  I wish I had some Clavicula!!! Right now it's a "utilitarian"  Sram mix (red rd/rival shifters/ force fd/ shamano Ultegra SL cranks)   I really want to go Dura Ace or full Red (something I never thought I'd say.... but turns out the double tap isn't bad at all.  I've...

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Thanks for the share shane55 and Wokei!!  I really like those monsters in particular.  That'd be my next seiko purchase.     What's the second one you posted Wokei?  I've never seen that model before!

Haha, smart woman.  

Haha that's hilarious.  I had a guy at best buy try and sell me a 4K tv, but I asked him if he thought content providers will ever have the bandwidth to be able to broadcast 4k, and he said quietly "no, but that's not really a selling point"  It's really cool if you have a 4k camcorder though...

I used to wear my 595s around and I got a lot of funny looks and a few people who would come over and ask me to turn my music down (on a college campus)   If someone's not complaining about the noise coming out of the headphones then you're trying to turn up the volume to muffle out the noise...

Haha yeah, I mostly figured it was because it was so old.  I got probably 6mo use out of them as well, so it wasn't like it split right after I got it either.  I was honestly kind of proud that I've finally listened to my amp enough to have a tube go bad (then again using one from 1945 might...

If you're going to be using them out and about it's almost a necessity.  Otherwise if the sound leakage doesn't matter (in or out) then I'd go open back for sure.