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The world is full of earnest strivers, people who work hard for their money and want it to go as far as it can. So we can understand the quandary of the newbie cyclist who's just discovered how much replacing a
road bike tire costs. Unlike Discount Tire, your local bike shop doesn't sell road hazard insurance and no manufacturer anywhere offers a mileage guarantee. So we understand why that newbie who just shelled out $90 for a pair of
Gator DuraSkins (ignoring a name that sounds like a condom) would want to know "
Expected Mileage on Road Bike Tires"¹: we get that. What we
don't get is expecting a good answer from the likes of
Elle Di Jensen (or asking at a place like ModernMom.com).
Jensen... Di Jensen?² claims to be a "fitness professional." We know what that means, though: an aerobics or yoga instructor, perhaps one of those "personal trainers" at LA Fitness who misinform people about diet while trying to make everyone look like The Rock. Whether Elle has ridden a bicycle since she turned sixteen (or more likely thirteen) is, however, questionable. We say that based on some of the crap in her introductory paragraph:
