Again, Stan's squares this particular circle. Mostly -- both front and rear have developed small cracks in the tread perpendicular to the tread's travel direction, but they do not reveal any fabric. I've smeared with Shoe Goo and kept riding.
I daresay that any extralight Compass tires will be absolutely impossible in goathead country without a good sealant, but Stan's and, I hear it's even better, Orange Peel or somesuch is there to save the day. Hell, I run *360 gram on a Pelouze mail scale* 50X622 Furious Freds on dirt here with Stan's, tubeless, and they are fine. BTW, my P-Rs had been mounted, ridden a bit, and then sold (to me) and were difficult to mount but easier than the 650C X 23 Pro Race 3s on the gofast. On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On 03/15/2015 05:48 PM, Peter Adler wrote: > >> >> When the L'Eroica folks in Tuscany terminated their sponsorship deal with >> Challenge and signed a deal with Continental, Challenge renamed their 30mm >> gravel/road tire as Strada Bianca, and did a dual-layer puncture protection >> (PPS) change, heavying the tire up a bit, in an effort to address the >> alleged fragility of the P-R design. The current-gen P-Rs have the same >> dual-PPS layer. I'm not clear whether the change was made in both models at >> the same time, but that seems likely. >> > > Based on my experience with the Parigi Roubaix, I can affirm that the > fragility of the design is very, very real. This has to be the most > flat-prone tire I've ever seen. It's also, at least in its original > pre-PPS form, one of the nicest riding. It's actually uncanny how smooth > this tire can make badly eroded and cracked pavement feel. It is also > without a doubt the most difficult tire to mount initially. Volumes could > be written about how hard it is, and the arcane tricks you have to resort > to to mount these tires. Fortunately, after a week or so on the rims and > inflated to pressure they stretch enough to make dismounting and remounting > not too problematic -- a good thing, because chances are by then you'll be > doing so by the side of the road. > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
