I admit I'm a little troubled about all the attention paid to tire choice with 650B wheels. I'm not one to spend a lot of money on tires, and I've had great results for many years with Panaracer Paselas. Rode to Kansas on them, did PBP twice on them (no flats in 2400 kilometers of riding), and *never* felt like they were slowing me down.
Now, all I seem to hear about the wonders of the 650B wheel size seems linked to buying expensive, "supple" tires. The Col de la Vies I have on my Blériot ride nicely--certainly very comfortable, but not—so far—especially fast. I just hope that I'm not locked into spending upwards of $60 a tire to get the speed improvement that Jan Heine waxes on about (his brevet times dropped as soon as he started riding on 650Bs). Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > On Dec 26, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Don Compton <dpco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eric, > I hated buying GB Cerfs for $60, but they are so good on my Roadeo. Also, > they last a long time for a high performance tire. I have to believe that the > Hetres have to make a big difference over the lower end tires that you have > tried. Hope you enjoy the Hetres. > >> On Thursday, December 26, 2013 3:12:35 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: >> I have caved in to peer pressure. A set of GB Hetres is on the way. Hate to >> spend that much on tires! >> >> Eric N >> www.CampyOnly.com >> CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com >> Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy >> >> > On Dec 26, 2013, at 1:58 PM, LBleriot <gary....@att.net> wrote: >> > >> > You're gonna love that bike, but put some GB rubber on it. >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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. -- 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.
