Just for the record, *some* Schwalbes are very smooth, fast rolling tires, the Kojak for example. Even the massively heavy Big Apple rolls nicely for its mass.
Patrick Moore iPhone On Aug 5, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Replying to my own post: > > I was just reading the Bicycle Quarterly blog, noting that they say > that Paselas (which I was using) are fast-rolling tires, whereas > Schwalbes are both slow and harsh-riding. So maybe that's the > explanation of my riding companions' complaints. They were using > Schwalbes. > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I just last week got back from a 2500 mile tour, Mexico to Canada via >> the Sierra and the Cascades. Once again, as often happens, my riding >> companions sometimes complained that about rough roads. And once >> again, in the main I didn't notice the roads being rough, although the >> dirt detours that I took a time or two and my companions didn't were >> pretty bumpy in places. >> >> I'm at a loss to understand what I'm missing. This was a loaded tour. >> I was riding my Atlantis with 26 x 1.5 Panaracer Paselas, which should >> be comfortable tires, by my companions were riding fine touring bikes >> (Surly LHT, Co-Motion Americano, other touring bikes) with reasonable >> touring tires (mostly Schwalbe Marathons, one guy had Vittoria >> Randonneurs I think). Why are these fragile flowers noticing bad roads >> when I don't? What are they doing wrong, that they're riding touring >> bikes and complaining about chipseal? >> >> When I ride at home on unloaded bikes, my friends sometimes complain >> about bad roads when I don't, but I chalk that up to their insistence >> in riding 25 mm tires pumped up to 120 pounds while I'm happy on my >> Roadeo with 28 mm tires. >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> My hovercraft is full of eels > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
