Schwalbe marathon racer. Big improvement for me over the pasela
On Jan 27, 6:49 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do the Ultra Gatorskins roll? "Triple protection" sounds slow and
> harsh .... I'm happy to fix flats in return for a fast, supple tire.
>
> (Again, to all, for context: IME, the Pasela was not sufficiently
> more comfortable, was certainly slower, and certainly flatted more and
> had more sidewall problems, than the skinny Tubos and GPs.)
>
> Try the GPs. I don't know how your 26er is designed, but on my two,
> with long chainstays, I am always surprised at how comfortable my
> 571X23s are. Of course, I run them lowish: again, 80 to 90/90 to 100
> at 170 -- no, never have pinch flats. Generally good pavement, but
> they do well, as I said, on buzzy stuff, too.
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> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I've gotten more flats with the 32mm Pasela TGs than any other tire. The
> > 37mm (non TG) Paselas have yet to flat. I agree with you on Conti. The 28 mm
> > Ultra Gatorskins are hard to beat for flat free high mileage tires and are
> > reasonable comfy at 85 psi (116 max on the label). They are less comfortable
> > than the 32 Pasela though. I also have a pair of 25 mm Grand Prixs that
> > have yet to tried out. They just look too skinny to me anymore.
>
> > YMMV. Literally
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com>
> > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
> > Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 5:03:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: [RBW] 26 inch light?
>
> > Unfortunately, there is a big gap in 559 tires between the very few
> > top quality, supple ones, which are all skinny ("all"? Conti Grand
> > Prix is all I know of that is currently made) and fatter but wooden
> > utility tires, the Paselas, 1.25 and 1.5 being a rare exception: and
> > even the Paselas are not top of the line supple and fast, more like
> > halfway between utility/cheap and soft/fast. ...
>
> > I am currently using GPs on the 571'd gofast and 559 OS Specialized
> > Turbos (even better) on the Commuter, but these are respectively 23 mm
> > and 22 mm on narrow rims. But they are still nice! -- I'd rathe ride
> > them than Paselas: faster, softer (really: at 80/90 to 90/100, and
> > with the Rivs' long stays, they are surprisingly good over high freq,
> > low amp buzz; the 1.25 Paselas weren't much better and they flatted
> > more -- go figure; this is goathead land.
>
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