Mine will be "event" tires. I'll use the Hetres everyday, and save the Pari-Motos for big brevets, personal record attempts, and other special occasions away from the thorn-infested streets of Albuquerque. I might even enter an honest-to-goodness race on them! Mind you, I'm basing this on the assumption that they'll be more delicate and wear out faster than the Hetres. And that they'll they'll offer some advantage over the Hetres in terms of speed and efficiency, whether real or "in my head"* I originally thought the Hetres would be "special event only" tires till they turned out to be so durable and long lasting.
Cheers, Ryan *"placebos enhance performance, too" -Allen Lim, Team Radioshack scientist. On May 13, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Patrick in VT <psh...@drm.com> wrote: > > > On May 13, 1:59 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: >> The Pari-Motos are skinnier and lighter. They are meant for events, if that >> is >what you do, or for nice day unloaded speed riding. > > they are also a full 38mm wide, so comparison/competition with the > Hetre is inevitable. which makes perfect sense because the pari-moto > it's simply a high performance superfat tire, just like the hetre. > and, to my mind, the size was chosen to not solely for performance, > but to fit frames on which the hetre was a bit snug. > > anyway, this "event" tag is ridiculous. if anything is an "event" > tire in 650b, it's the grand bois cypres. but, what the heck is an > event? a race? nobody is going to be racing on these. they're fat > performance clinchers, just like challenge parigi-roubaix's, grand > bois tires, etc. ride 'em. enjoy 'em. wear 'em out. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
