Bikes: Wheel spins on steep uphill trail: tire or technique?

[someone]

On 2 June, 12:23, jobst.bra...@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
> Robert H? wrote:
> >>> I will never buy a Continental tire again. *One too many exploded/
> >>> unraveled sidewalls. *Maybe the MTB tires are better. *I'll never
> >>> know.
> >> Huh. Here in Central Texas, I've had more crispy frayed sidewalls
> >> than anyone could keep track of, and Continental brown sidewalls
> >> have held up much better than normal tan sidewalls.
> >> I think the only problem I ever had with a Continental tire
> >> sidewall was a tear and resulting blowout from riding on railroad
> >> ballast.
> > I dealt with a series of Continentals with severely frayed and
> > way-too- easily torn sidewalls. *This led to many tires becoming
> > useless before their time. *There are lots of tires with sidewalls
> > that hold up through the life of the tread, and I'll be using those
> > from now on.
>
> Continental tires, from the days when we all rode tubulars, have been
> noted for sidewall fraying. *I have not discovered how one makes such
> a tire casing. *Today, even with black rubber covering the sides,
> these tires gradually develop fuzz coming through the sidewall rubber,
> but I have not had a failure with them before the tread wore to the
> cords, so I'm not worrying because I get good mileage with them.

Please continue, what happened after you rode on the tyres with the
cords showing? How did the the tyres fail? Was anyone else
involved? Police? Hospital? Road engineer? Lawers? psychiatrist?

[someone]

On 2 June, 04:48, RobertH <r15...@********> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 8:32*pm, jim beam <m...@************> wrote:
>
> > so because you left your cheapo road tires out in the sun for 5 years,
> > that makes all conti's expensive and robust mtb tires incapable of
> > gripping on a mountain? *great logic.
>
> If I ever feel the need to have my sidewall ripped open on a rock
> while out in the middle of nowhere, I'll give those Conti mtb tires a
> shot, thanks for the tip.

horses for courses