If Rivendell were to send a Roadeo with Jack Browns to a magazine for a test ride, I'd be extremely curious to see what the reviewer says.
-----Original Message----- >From: CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> >Sent: Dec 29, 2009 10:23 PM >To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: New favorite tire > >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. > > -- 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.
