"Mm, you'd be right about that." He shook his head and tsked. "Oh, you can get away with it for a while, of course. These--" He indicated the tires rising behind his shoulders-- or, more specifically, the rims there. "--have lasted me so far, and I've been wearing them since I, ah, arrived here. But that doesn't mean I trust them.

"And it certainly doesn't mean I like the way they look, or handle. I'm not built for nineteens. I need bigger tires than that." So they're more than just hubcaps, thank you! He eyed the newcomer up-and-down for a moment, and added, "But you don't know much about tires, do you?"