Beth, I have run Panaracer Pasela 26x1.25 on my All-Rounder and they felt like "skinny" tires. I ran Ritchey 26x1.4 for many years, felt smoother but measurably slower. I recently went to Panaracer Ribmo 26x2.0 for durability and flat resistance. Too few miles on the Ribmos to judge them yet.
Angus On Apr 19, 8:14 pm, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > After reading Jan's article about fatter tires in the latest BQ, I decided to > try it on my All-Rounder. I'd gotten this frameset about three years ago and > built it up with drop bars. (Although the height of the frame was a little > short for my legs, the top tube was the right length for drops.) I've ridden > it on numerous city and country rides and have done a couple of bike-camping > overnights on it (longest rides on this have been several metric centuries). > I have wrestled with the feel of this bike since building it up with 26 x > 1.25 Paselas. Although the tires help up well, the feel of the 1.25 width > seemed sort of harsh, and worse, squirrelly. > > In the absence of a pair of T-Serv tires just sitting around, I installed > some 1.5 Paselas, and ran some errands while at work. I noticed the > difference in handling pretty much right away. The bike rolled easily but > cornered more gently and without as much of the squirrelly feeling I'd had > with the skinnier tires. Just for fun, I also raised the handlebar about > 1/2". Now the bike looks sort of odd because the handlebars are so close to > the saddle; but I have a really short torso and had let go of the "classic" > look of a road bike long ago anyway. What I have now is a more comfortable > bike with a mellower ride quality. > > Do I feel slower? Well, I felt slower already but that's totally on me. The > ride is smoother and more stable and that matters more to me than speed these > days. I think this is a good experiment to do on bikes with 26" wheels. I'd > like to hear from others who are running wider tires on 26" bikes they ride > mostly on pavement. > Beth > > http://bikelovejones1.blogspot.com/ > > -- > 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 > athttp://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.
