All these tires are fantastic. Here's how I understand the situation: Hetres are the standard. $60, 412g, skinwall, available with black, red, or white tread (if that's your thing.
Babyshoe pass are the next-gen Hetre. Jan has said they have multiple improvements over the GB tires. $60, skinwall, 392g. EL Babyshoe pass are lighter with higher thread count. $80, 355g, skinwall or blackwall. Soma GR greens are competing with the Babyshoe EL (thin and light). $80, 300g, skinwall. Soma GR blues are kinda unique in comparison. Tougher rubber, thicker tread. $80, 610g, red skinwall. So, pick the characteristics that are most important to you. Price? = Babyshoe pass (improved, lighter Hetre for the same price) Color? = Hetres for tread colors, EL Babyshoe for blackwall Weight? = Soma GR greens win, but EL Babyshoe is close Strength? = Soma GR blues, or a different, more stout tire. I have personal experience only with Grand Bois tires; Lierre on my Riv Road and Cerf blue on my gofast. They're great tires that really transform the speed and handling of any bike. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:45 PM, RJM <crccpadu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Time to start shopping new tires for the Sam Hillborne and I've been > thinking of going a little wider than the 38 Pari Motos. Is anybody using > the Soma Grand Randonneur tire and have any opinions on them? I know the > Hetres have been the tire to go for but was thinking of purchasing from Riv > since I have a few more things to pick up and they don't carry it. I > appreciate the lighter/faster tire on the 650b for many rides that I do > with the bike so I would like to keep the tire lighterweight, which would > mean the green version of the Soma tire. Any experiences with the Babyshoe > Pass? I use the Stampede Pass on the Roadeo and like them; I would imagine > the Babyshoe would be much like it but wider/cushier. > > Thanks, > Ryan > > -- > 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.
