on Mafia skids and product knowledge

Single speed bicycles don't require a lot of maintenance and that's one reason for their popularity. Fixed gear bicycles are much the same but they tend to wear the rear tire a little faster than most other bikes. Especially if you like to lay down fat skiddies (Shayne likes to do skiddies down big hills)...those will inevitably produce these results:
So we got a pretty good product testing going on at the shop now and currently we're testing: Specialized All Condition Armadillo (Mitch). Specialized All Condition (in yellow, Justin), Bontrager Race X Lite (Shayne) and Schwalbe Blizzard (myself). This is a brutal way to test tires but gives us a good idea about their durability, grip and handling. Shayne has already tested the dual compound race lites from Bontrager, and judged them to be very skidworthy although their lifespan was short and he had a couple of flats. I blew through my All Condition Specialized tire (in red) in about 4 months and loved them. No flats and they're tough tires that wear slowly. My Schwalbe has flatted on me once but seems to be holding up pretty good otherwise.

Cowboy logic of the day: "Never make a pet of a wolf"