On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 3:49:52 AM UTC-7, Garth wrote: > > ... I myself am perfectly happy riding on 35mm Forte Metro-ST tires from > Performance bike and they continue to satisfy me after multiple sets. If I > had another bike that needed that size I'd buy more. They are plenty > "supple" to me on a Reynolds 531C sport-touring frame. > > If I wanted truly exceptional wheels and tires I wiuld not even be riding > clinchers, but tubulars. And no , not even the best clinchers come close. > Tubulars are really nice, but I'm not sure they're a ride changer? I spent a few months riding good tubulars a few years back, and aside from being able to chug down a gravel road on 23s without feeling like I was being put through a polishing tumbler they didn't give me anything that Nomad 28s didn't already provide without having to worry about ripping the casing off when peeling back the basetape to fix a puncture.
Performance/Nashbar occasionally have really nice tires, it's just a crapshoot to pick them out from the clunkers. -david parsons -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
