on 12/29/09 9:43 PM, cyclotourist at cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: > GB Cypres 30mm tires feel great. Light weight, supple and grippy. I have > some 32mm Paselas (actual width that came on my Quickbeam) that seem nothing > special compared to the Cypres 30s. The GB definitely feel better than the > 32s IMHO. Also, they are MUCH better feeling than Ruffy Tuffies. They are > (non-scientifically) faster than RTs in my observation as well.
I've been jumping back and forth between Pasela 32's and Jack Brown Greens in 33 1/3. Mostly road of late, with a few miles of trail stitched in here and again. I tend to be less than mindful about pressures, going by "feel" versus a gauge. When I bring them up to "full" pressure, it's about 5.5 bar on the rear, less on the front. I'm in the 185 range, bringing a bag o' gear and my bag for work, so maybe another 15 pounds including lock, etc. on commute days. I can feel a difference - not that it can be quantified into "faster/smoother/rolly-ier" or whatever - but the Jack Browns feel lighter and more supple. Most of my regular routes have some pretty bad pavement stretches and the JB's seem to suck up the divots and cracks better. I'd mirror David's comments. The Paselas just kind of shut up and do their job. I liked them just fine until I started riding the JB's. (And I have not yet tried a set of JB-Blues) - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net ³Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly mice. They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a one-hour bicycle ride.² - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines -- 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-bu...@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.
