Cycling is becoming more and more mainstream by the day. With gas not going down (despite a $20 per barrel drop in crude?) and the current fixie hipster trend. Bikes are everywhere. The more the merrier I say.

When the NY Times starts publishing tire tests you know cyclng has gone parabolic. For this tire shootout they spared no expense testing tires from Vittoria, Continental, Panaracer, Specialized and Michelin. They marveled at the use of Kevlar and “other space-age fibers” that tire manufacturers have been using since the ’80′s.

After reading the test I am going to get the Vittoria Rubios because according to the article the tester rode through a “bunch of potholes, it held up just fine”. Also since it has some tread it ensures “that if you are running over a piece of wet ground, you don’t have to worry about slipping.” Wow, that is quite an endorsement. I bet if Jan Ullrich had these he would have won A Tour de France in ’03. The Conti’s seemed a strong contender until I read, “they’re expensive but they’ll last quite a while if you don’t skid.” Well nuts to that cuz I skid, hard.