I feel this morning the need to clarify something. I know Ken, and he is a much better, stronger, faster rider than I will ever be. His observations are probably the correct ones.
As my opinion is based on not being a real serious rider, it's not worth anything. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Oct 22, 8:09 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > And I'm the exact opposite, love the 700x40 Supreme and rarely, if > ever, think about going back to Pasela tires. The Pasela 35s seem too > narrow to me now. And didn't have a reliable enough source for the > 37s to really use them. > > Now, the 26x47 Supremes are a different story. Those do seem too > narrow and why I'm putting Big Apples back on the Atlantis. > > But am sure those tires do not help me ride my bike any faster. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Oct 22, 7:35 pm, Ken Yokanovich <reflector.collec...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I road a set of Marathon Supremes in the 700x42 thinking that they > > would be bigger, rounder, and have that wonderful go-plump feel. I had > > hoped that they would have the ride characteristics of a larger > > Pasela. They wore like iron, but weren't the wonderful ride. So, I > > don't get what's so wonderful to be about the Dureme to be. According > > to their chart, less speed, slightly more durable, heavier, more > > expensive. Don't get me wrong, Schwalbe makes A LOT of tires and lots > > of choices and that's great. I'm just not willing to sacrifice the > > ride characteristics for durability. At the price point, I'm not > > interested in dropping $150 to experiment. > > > I LOVE my Jack Browns, I'm waiting for Jack's larger cousin in a large > > volume, light weight 622bsd by about 38 tire. It'd be the PERFECT tire > > IMHO for the Atlantis.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
