My Univega beater came to me with Armadillos on. And I must confess that in five years of city riding I have NEVER had a flat. That's impressive. Also, the tires rarely even need pumping; they stay hard for a very long time (don't ask me how).
But I've always had this nagging feeling that the bike can feel a lot better than it does, and I blame the tires. Pedaling this bike is like, there's no momentum and it starts slowing the instant you stop pedaling. Well, I do have the lighter replacements now (a Pasela and an older IRC Duro II in great shape) and I'm anxious to put them on...in spite of the probable drawbacks. I want to find out what this bike should feel like. Joe On Jan 28, 7:13 pm, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I, too, am happy to ride my Schwalbes and Tourguard tires. My bikes > feel quite zippy to me. I think the secret is to never try nice tires > in the first place...no idea what you're missing! > > On Jan 28, 2:30 pm, Ryan Ray <ryanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I ride the Pasela TGs right now because I got a set in 32 brand new with my > > used Ram. Despite being "slower" I loved my Roughy Toughys in 28 and will > > probably order JB Blues when these Paselas wear out. I just like the idea > > of a longer lasting tire and the "dead" feel some talk about feels "smooth" > > to me. I love the smooth tread on the Riv tires too. I don't want anyone to > > think I dont like them, I just assumed they were slow due to that old Jan > > test. > > > I might prefer the tougher tires because I'm 6-6 190. Also, fixing flats in > > the rain is not fun to me. That probably has something to do with it too. > > > - Ryan > > > On Monday, January 28, 2013 1:43:58 PM UTC-8, john wrote: > > > > Mike, thanks for the response. I have ridden Pasella tour guard and > > > regular pasellas for the past several years. I noticed an immediate > > > improvement in "fun" when I switched to "regular' pasellas from the tour > > > guards. I have ordered the jack brown greens due to this need for fun > > > rather than a "puncture proof" tire which I find no fun. > > > > Obviously, there's a compomise inherent in any choice; were I using the > > > tires for touring, I'd opt for the Panaracer Pasella with Tour Guard. But > > > for every day riding, I'm looking for something more "fun". Maybe the > > > jack's will prove more fun even than the regular pasellas. > > > > Having said all this, I've been very happy with the panaracer pasellas, > > > and wonder why Riv no longer sells them. Probably pushed out by all those > > > Schwalbes I don't want. > > > On Jan 28, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Mike Schiller wrote: > > > > kinda like the difference between a Pasela TG and non-TG. Night and day as > > > far as the ride feel. > > > > I only got about 700 miles on the GB Cypres before the rear tire casing > > > split. They are a smooth rolling tire for sure. The JB greens are plusher > > > and roll very well for me at 190 lbs > > > > ~mike > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > > . > > > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
