We did test Marathons, Rolly-Polies, Maxy-Fasties and Nifty-Swifties. All these were among the slower tires we tested. That shouldn't come as a surprise – these tires weren't designed as performance tires, so we only tested them to see how much you'd gain by going to high-performance tires. The answer is 'a lot' - especially if you ride at lower speeds than pro racers, who are more limited by aerodynamics than the rest of us.
Hetres were designed based on the results of our first tire tests, so they performed quite well. We then developed our Compass tires together with the engineers at Panaracer (who make Compass tires to our exclusive specifications). We used everything we'd learned from the Hetres and other Grand Bois tires (also made by Panaracer), to take comfort, speed and grip to the next level. We bench-marked these against tires like the Vittoria Open CX Corsa. Our testing indicates that the goal was achieved. It has been exciting to work with a tire maker who not only has the resources to develop great tires, but also has been willing to work closely with us to turn the results of our tests into actual tires we can ride. The rest of the tire industry is only slowly waking up to the fact that riders in the real world want and need wide tires that don't have sturdy 'touring' casings, but that offer the performance and comfort you can only get with a high-performance casing. Jan Heine Founder Compass Cycles www.compasscycle.com On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 3:57:09 AM UTC+9, lum gim fong wrote: > > Did they test the Compass tires against Marathons. Rumplins, and Hetres > yet? -- 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.
