> > *I think* the Col de La Vie was rated as one of the slower tires, as was >> the Nifty Swifty, in Jan Heine's speed tires test. You can contact him at >> compasscycles.com for the details. > > > If I remember correctly, he wrote to me that the Swifty was some certain > percentage slower than the other tires tested, which theoretically results > in being hours slower of a finish time on long event rides over hundreds of > miles like you are planning on the brevets than if you were on a Hetre or > Cypres, which tested to be the fastest of the 650b tires, if I remember > correctly. > > Of course, you can read his methodology for yourself and see what you > think of his tests. He can give you the link to the results and methodology > pages. >
BTW, rivbike.com sells the Soma Xpress, which is a 38mm wide Pasela-like, puncture resistant-treaded tire. Don't know how fast it is though. *I am an un-racer, so "fast" isn't the word I prefer to use when referring to tires. I like the term "easier to turn".* *I don't race bikes, but I am just not into making pedaling a bike any harder than it has to be for me.* That said, I love the puncture protection and ride of my Marathons on my Sam. But I can see that a tire like Hetres would be easier to turn. I will have to put some on the Sam one day and compare how they feel and how the cyclometer reports my commute times are on my commutes. -- 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.
