I think you would be fine on the Jack Brown Greens. I find them to be slightly more supple than the Pasela's. I just got the 30mm Cypress and have yet to ride them but they seem more delicate than either of the above.
Anoher choice might be the Scwalbe Marathon Racers in 30 or 35mm. They seem to have very low rolling resisitance to me. ~Mike~ On Jan 6, 8:08 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 07:40 -0800, bicitourist wrote: > > Hi everyone, The time has come to get some tires for my new ride. > > I've been running a loaned pair of Schwable Marathon 700x32 @ > > 80-85psi from my commuter. I've been running these for a couple of > > years now with no problems but I wanted something more supple. New > > bike = New tires right? I know I'm giving up some > > puncture resistance for comfort, but I'm sure there is a sweet spot > > out there! I tried some continental gatorskins 700x28 (but they were > > too skinny and made my bike feel unstable maybe it was all those miles > > on the 32s?). I'm looking for an all-round tire, but most of my miles > > are on pavement (I'd say 80%). I'm also planning on my first 200K and > > 300K this year! > > > From my research it looks like I've narrowed it down to: > > > Jack Brown Blue's (I'm 6 ft 215lb so i don't think Greens will do) > > Pasela Wire bead > > GB Cypres > >From a price/performance perspective it's impossible to beat the wire > > bead Paselas. They're easily 85% of the performance of the GB Cypres at > 25% the price. You can often find the Paselas on sale at around $15 ea. > They're perfectly suitable for brevets and offer good performance and > good resistance to foreign objects, and are certainly longer lived and > more flat resistant than the GB. I use them on my VO Randonneur in the > off season. > > For ultimate performance, I like the GB Cypres 700x30s. They're the > same width as Pasela 32mm. This is the tire I use on my VO Randonneur > during the season.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
