Hi Nancy, The Soma Xpress is my daily commuter tire on my AHH. It's not as wide and cushy as the Pari-Moto, but I've had no punctures on my commutes.
The Xpress tires don't remove as much of the road "buzz" compared to Pari-Moto/Grand Bois tires, but does not feel in any way sluggish to me. I use the Xpress mostly for the theoretical advantage for reducing flats with a strip, but I flat infrequently enough so I'm convinced that flats are mostly due to luck or (unluck :). I never flatted the Pari-Moto (most flat prone) in ~600 miles (before switching to Xpress). I flatted Xpress tires in my first 3 miles (couldn't find what caused it--probably a thorn, slow leak) (but have not punctured in hundreds of miles since then) I flatted my Hetres on my first 20 mile ride--metal wire--bad luck I've not flatted my Cypres in several hundred miles, but flatted my Schwalbe Kojaks within my first 20 miles (again a metal wire) (Kojak's have a flat resistant strip :). Go figure, Toshi in Oakland, CA On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Nancy Seibel <nlsei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Love my Grand Bois 650's. Comfortable, fast, no flats as yet on them or on > the more used (so far) 26" Compass' on my touring bike. If you go with the > Soma Xpress please let us know how you like them. > > > On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:53:50 PM UTC-4, Johnny Alien wrote: >> >> So Rivendell gave me Conti Tour tires on my new Sam. While they are OK >> they definitely are sluggish compared to other tires I have used. I would >> like to stay with a fatter tire on this bike but would like something a >> little swifter. It doesn't really need to be road racer fast or anything >> but something designed to be a little faster would be nice. My restrictions >> are that I need a 650B tire and I would prefer to get ones that are all >> black. I am flexible with the second one. Are Pari Motos my main choice? >> Are they strong enough for occasional rail to trail use? If possible I >> would like to stay that wide or wider. Any suggestions? > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
