Thanks, Pete. I am going to investigate the Somas in more detail. I'm glad people are still making the occasional decent, narrower, 559 road tire.
Patrick Moore iPhone > On May 21, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Pete Olson <apolso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I put the 26x1.25 New Express Tires on my wife's small frame Rambouillet last > season. They are listed as 330 grams on the Soma paper strip that held them > together. They measure about 28.5mm wide on the stock, road oriented rims, > which is just about the same as the previous 1.25 Paselas. No flats so far. > -Pete > >> On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 9:25:44 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> Many thanks, Chris, I'd not heard of these. If it is obviously better than >> the Pasela, then it's certainly worth investigating. I'll check them out. >> >> >> OS125 <cbar...@ase.tufts.edu said: >> >> I recently went to the Soma New Express tire in 700 X 32, and have found it >> to be an exceptionally smooth-running tire. Soma lists a 26 x 1.25 version >> in stock. The difference in suppleness of ride between this tire and a >> Pasela TG is quite obvious to me. The bike feels like a different machine. >> The nature of my commute, and my unerring ability to ride straight over >> sparkly bits regardless of how much room and warning is given, assures the >> flat protection in the new tires would be tested. It has not been found >> wanting. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
