I'm very happy with the pair of Barlow Pass tires that I bought from a list member. I have maybe 500 miles on them and so far no flats. I do mostly road and a few miles of gravel road thrown in to keep it interesting (also a lot fewer cars!). I'm planning to buy a pair of the Stampede Pass tires to put on the QB since I like the Barlow Pass tires so much.
I have a pair of black side wall 32 Paselas, non-folding which seem as stiff as the Schwalbe Little Big Bens that I was riding. Good luck, JohnS On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 3:51:47 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > I mounted mine -- with notable difficulty -- on rims with Velox. "Almost > impossible" just about sums it up. Great ride, but mine only lasted about > 1,000 miles, par for the course for an "event tire." > > On 08/11/2016 03:26 PM, Peter White wrote: > > Hi Steve, They can be tight going on. But I've found that if you use the > really thin rim tape, like the Stan's No Tube tape, they go on much more > easily. With Velox they are almost impossible to mount. At least that's > been the case with Mavic Open Pros and the Velocity A23 rims. I haven't > mounted them to any other rims. I've gotten good mileage out of them. But I > haven't sold many, and so haven't gotten feedback from others. > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> They (Parigi Roubaix clinchers) do have a great ride *but* first time >> installation is living hell, and they have a very short service life in my >> experience. >> >> On 08/11/2016 12:43 PM, Peter White wrote: >> >> While I'm sure the Compass tires are great, I haven't tried them yet. >> I've been using the Challenge Paris Roubaix for several years and couldn't >> be happier. Their stated width is 27mm but they measure 29.5mm. I run them >> at 85psi rear and 80 psi front. I weigh 175lbs. On my Rambouillet I use the >> Gilles Berthoud carbon fiber fenders (yeah, I know, but they're just so >> pretty I couldn't resist) and I have plenty of clearance. >> >> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> It's a few notches up in price and in riding experience for smooth >>> rolling plushness to try Compass. You'll either love them and have minimal >>> issues with flats (many, myself included, have very few), or love them and >>> have more flats than you are willing to put up with. I find it amazing how >>> much more enjoyable any road is with these tires! For me, well worth the >>> bump in price. >>> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Peter White > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
