I recently bought a pair of standard Barlows from a list member and I'm very glad that I did. Last year I rode Paselas with tour guard. They worked fine and never had a flat, but I was always curious about the Compass tires, so I jumped when the were listed here a little while back. So far I've completed two rides and I've noticed a couple of unexpected differences from the Paselas. First is the cornering, hard to describe but seems to be me like going from a bias ply to radial. There isn't a transition from the belt so cornering seems more fluid. The second unexpected difference is that some road surfaces just seem smoother, as if I'm gliding over irregularities rather than being jarred by them. I would highly recommend giving a more supple tire a try, you may be surprised as well.
JohnS On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 10:47:28 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: > Similar testimonial on Barlows. I thought Strada Biancas were the be-all, > end-all tire. After the best part of a year on Barlows, went back to my > fender bike that won't fit bigger than the 32mm, and while I admit it was > notably faster on the SBs (and should be for the size difference), the ride > was shocking compared to what I've become used to with the Barlows (ditto > for size difference). I've ridden through tread on both tires, but won't > go back to a smaller tire on a bike that will fit Barlows. Also not saying > the Barlows are slow, at all, because they are very fast, and I've > surprised many roadies with us passing each other back and forth. > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
