u/NYCtoCHI

Okay, so I'm obviously not talking fishing FROM a bike, but with one around town.

Past posts show some of you are getting to/from your various honeyholes/The River/The Lake on two wheels, so was curious what you're taking when you do, how you're stowing/securing/otherwise managing your rods and gear when you do?

Along with dusting off my gear from my recent move, I'm doing the same with my vintage mountain bike as of late, and finding myself wondering how best to possibly combine the two...including (*gulp*) the possibility of springing for a tow-behind pull cart (not just for fishing), or possibly just some jacked-up pannier bags off the back for the rods and a small tackle bag as I mostly do catch and release, though might be open to hauling a small cooler for a few select edible species/seasons. Rodwise, I'm one of those old-school southern-style baitcasting kindsa guys, and recently inherited a few sturdy single-piece graphites; I realize collapsibles/telescopics are much more convenient, but prefer to try seeing what I can do with what I have for now.

Thoughts/suggestions/questions appreciated!

Hey all - just getting back into riding after 20+ years off and getting reacquainted with my late 80s Cannondale SM700 MTB and all the new brands and tech out there, so go easy on me here...

I'm about to replace an ancient dried-out pro-ish/fast set of Avocet FasGrip City 1.5" slicks from back in my NYC 'burb riding days.

I'll probably be riding mostly during the warmer months, and just basic exercising/getting back into shape for now, so I'm not currently planning on going full ham on higher-end rubber and updates/upgrades just yet.

Accordingly, I just Prime Day deal-ed in a new set of Schwinn 26x2" hybrids (EDIT: ~~possibly Kenda-made~~ made by Innova), which will see mostly street/pavement use with an occasional foray to the woods/beaches here within the Windy Second City.

They arrived a few mins ago, and I noticed an anomaly in the tread pattern of one tire. If you zoom in closely at the center of the tread in the attached A/B comparison shots of the two, you'll see one of them seems to have about 1/16" more tread on one side than its other (to help clarify, the "normal" one has more "whiskers", in pics 2 and 4). I've admittedly not changed many tires in my day, but that sure looked and felt odd, esp compared to the other one.

Any of y'all seen/rode on something like this before?

Trying to suss out if this kinda QA is commonplace-ish on lower-end product nowadays but something that's okay to ride thru on until it evens out or not.

Obviously I can just return it, but wondering if it's a microissue not worth the trouble, or an actual harbinger of potential doom (I've not broken the tiedowns to open the tire up and see if its a feature or a bug, out of fear it might muck up or invalidate the return).

Thoughts?

Bike-fishing: What are you/have you seen others using?

New Tire Anomaly - Returnworthy Or No?