I have had the same sidewall experience as you with the Pasela, but have been very happy with other Panaracer tires, like the Fire XC Pro, still going strong on my mountain bike after three years. I'm considering 37mm Schwalbe Marathon Supremes for the Quickbeam, but at $70 each, it won't be soon.
Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On May 1, 3:06 pm, Mike S <mikeshalj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you talking about the 4th model down on Peter White's listing of > Schwalbe tires here?:http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schwalbe.asp > > $37/ea seems like a good deal for these. I will never buy a Panaracer > product again for sure... > > On May 1, 5:56 pm, scott <clankbonesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Gave up on Paselas because of the weak sidewall. Go to Schwalbe > > Marathon 32mm. Mine measure 32mm on a Velocity Dyad rim. > > S. > > > On May 1, 4:34 pm, Mike S <mikeshalj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've had a set of the 32mm Panaracer Paselas that Riv used to sell on > > > a bike of mine for about one year and less than 750 miles, and I > > > noticed yesterday that there is a hole in the sidewall that apparently > > > just opened up on it's own, as the tube was fine. It seems really > > > ludicrous to me that seemingly good quality tires made in Japan could > > > go bad so quickly, and I'm wondering if others have experiences with > > > lousy Pasela sidewalls? > > > > I got them for a pretty good price ($30/ea on sale), but they seem to > > > be no bargain at all given the inferior quality. I got them mostly > > > because they were inexpensive and were exactly the max width I can run > > > on an old Trek fork. Have others found a good quality, non-super- > > > expensive tire at 32mm? Does Schwalbe make a good tire that is > > > actually 32mm and is in the $35-40/ea. range? -- 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-bunch@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.
