In 2007 I road the Grend Bois 30mm tire on my Rambouillet, they fit but barely. I got my first flat ever on a brevet using these tires but overall I liked them. For PBP I was able to get a pair of 28mm Grand Bois tires. 4 flats and one of the tires ended up in a garbage can on route. I finished the ride with an old Ruffy Tuffy that I was carrying for a spare on the rear. This may not have been a fair test due to the weather and the roads (which seem to have a lot of small sharp stone shards). But 4 flats in the rains really is not fun. I may try the tires again but many people have also reported these to be flat prone. They also may not be the correct tire for a 210 pound rider.
Larry Powers "just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a double back flip" - John Hiatt > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:13 -0500 > Subject: [RBW] Re: AHH, Romulus, or Saluki for Randonneuring? > From: brons2.li...@gmail.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Larry Powers<lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >My tire of choice has been Ruffy Tuffy's. > > I rode them on a 600K and would not do so again. The rolling > resistance was noticeably higher than the Grand Bois I have previously > used. Granted I did not have any flats with the Ruffy Tuffies, but > I'd rather change flats on a tire with very low rolling resistance > than have to work harder against my tires for 375 miles. > > You might say I am in the Vintage Bicycle Quarterly mindset when it > comes for what tires to use for randonneuring. But ultimately it's > just my $0.02. > > Jim > Austin, TX > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
