And consider that 2mm of tread is right between a Roll-y Pol-y with 1.5mm and a Ruffy Tuffy with 2.5, so we're not talking about Schwalbe- style thicknesses.
I would have been curious to try the 1.5 version, actually, since I rather dig the Roll-y Pol-y. Aaron On Feb 13, 7:09 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 20:50 -0800, John Speare wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Great news! I saw the early model at Riv a few weeks ago - tread was > > > too thin. This is gonna be an awesome tire. It must be pretty darn > > > good if Grand Bois dropped their 38mm Hetre project. > > > I read this elsewhere: that the tread was too thin. It makes me > > nervous that he'll pile too much rubber on this tire... and make it > > more CdV'y -- I've been loving the supple and very thin Grand Bois > > Cerfs, they're a dreamy ride, at a mere 28mm wide. > > I think you're worrying unnecessarily, John. > > To begin with, the issue with the CdlV isn't mainly that the tread is > thick as much as it is the specific type of tread, i.e., the > "mini-knobs". The Trimline was every bit as thick in the tread as the > CdlV, but it had significantly less rolling resistance. The famed Hetre > has a rather thick tread as well, which accounts for its remarkable > longevity, and it's also exceptionally fast and supple. > > > I have a pre-paid pair of the Pari Motos and I was really hoping they > > would be a lighter, thinner version of the Hetres, which are my > > favorite tires ever. > > An extra half millimeter doesn't make for excessive thickness, although > it should add some useful service life. -- 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.
