That's a good price. But, I disagree that wire bead Paselas provide 80% of the performance of standard casing Compass tires of the same size.
On the suppleness scale (rock hard tires are 0, handmade tubulars are 10), I'd give standard casing Compass tires a 9 (9.5 for EL casing), and wire bead Paselas with Tourguard a 5.5 or 6. My opinion, obviously. No rolling drum tests were performed in the creation of this opinion, just seat of my pants. On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On 03/03/2017 09:09 AM, Ryan Fleming wrote: > > Have to say, I am still a big fan of the Paselas( been using them for > about 10 years) , especially for commuting. They are rugged but fine-riding > tires. > > > > And at $25 each (for the tan sidewall wire bead unbelted 700x32C at Niagra > Cycle) they're less than half the price of a standard casing Compass > Stampede Pass ($57 ea) for probably 80-85% of the performance. A splendid > choice for commuting. > > > I did buy 2 sets of Compass McLure Passes to replace my Pasela 26 X 1.5 > tires for my allrounder and X0-1; the X0-1 is one of my commuters. I got 3 > flats in a couple of months with the Compass tires which was a bit of a > PITA but they are more performance oriented.Normally (may the gods not > strike me down for this) I rarely get flats. I love the extralight 700 X 32 > Stampede Passes on my road bike but at 78 USD a pop they're definitely not > a practical commuter tire. On my mixte I have 650B X 42 Paselas...thought > about Compass tires but I think I'll stick with the Paselas w. Tourguard > for now. The folding bead tires are not egregiously heavy. My experience , > YMMV. > > On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 4:26:27 PM UTC-6, Fullylugged wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info. I still use paselas but will give the gravel kings >> a try next time new rubber is needed. I love Pari Motos but the tread life >> is only about 1,900 miles for me. >> >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
