In regards to Grand Bois 700c's My Mileage Has Varied (MMHV). Gino didn't scare me away from them but my experience confirms that they are 'ballet slipper' like for me.
On last weekend's Lost Coast 100K I had one totally fail. During the ride I began to experience some thumping from the rear tire. A hairy eyeball perspective revealed a flat spot on the tire with a faint amount of cord exposed. We booted the tire at the lunch stop but 4 miles from the finish it gave up the ghost. I've given GB's several tries but don't find the ride with them significantly better than what I get with the Jack Brown Greens. I've found the GB's to be a bit fragile and get ~1000 miles (or less) on the rear using them.The JB's have been far more durable and give me more like 2500 miles on the the rear Of course YYMV as MMHV. Cheers, JimD On May 13, 2009, at 9:24 PM, Aaron Thomas wrote: > > Gino scared me away from the GB also. Instead, I gave the Challenge > Parigi-Roubaix a try and liked them a lot. > > They have slightly more volume than the RT and RP, and so far have > been puncture free. They ride a lot like the RP (i.e. no RT thud), > although I've found their grip to be a little unsure in damp turns. No > crashes yet, however. > > The one thing I don't particularly care for in the Parigi-Roubaix is > the herringbone tread. It makes a lot of noise, and I suspect the > herringbone pattern might account for some of the slippage I've felt > in turns. If they came in a simple slick they'd be so much better! > > A > > On May 13, 9:14 pm, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't recall reading about this w/ anyone else, so nice to see >> it's not >> just me (and my hot shed). >> >> Interesting that the JBs and RPs don't do this... I wonder about >> the Maxy >> Fasty are like. >> >> I really want to put some JBs on there, but clearance is REALLY >> tight for >> that under the rear brake arch. Tempted to try out some Grand >> Bois tires, >> but Gino's scared me away from them!!! ;-) >> >> I'll keep em' going for a while longer, but yeah, it's pretty >> nervous to see >> a crack in your tire! >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Aaron Thomas >> <aaron.a.tho...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> Yup. Same thing happened to my Ruffy Tuffies. I sent photos to >>> RBW and >>> they said it was fairly common with RTs, but nothing to worry about >>> unless it looked like the casing was splitting as well. I retired >>> them >>> soon thereafter, simply for peace of mind, even though they appeared >>> to have tons of tread left. >> >>> I switched to the Roll-y Pol-y and like them much better. And so far >>> neither they nor the Jack Brown greens have split like the RTs did. >>> Maybe it has to do with the thicker tread on the RTs compared to the >>> thinner tread on the RP and JB green. >> >>> If you haven't yet tried the RPs you ought to. In my experience they >>> ride way better than the RTs -- they don't have that thuddy feel >>> that >>> the RTs do. >> >>> Aaron >> >>> On May 13, 8:51 pm, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I've consistently had problems with Ruffy Tuffies over the >>>> years. Yet >>>> another pair is starting to separate along the tread: >> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/3529285691/ >> >>>> That said (and seen), I store my bikes in a hot shed. It's >>>> exposed to >>> the >>>> southern sun and gets HOT in there (There is no electricty, so >>>> there >>> isn't >>>> ozone from a motor in there). Also, these aren't brand new >>>> tires, but >>> are >>>> several years old. Most I bought used. >> >>>> Buuuuuuttttt, I have three sets of Paselas, one set of Col de la >>>> Vies, >>> and >>>> one set of generic 650A tires in the same shed along w/ the >>>> kid's BMX >>>> bikes. NO PROBLEMS with any of those tires, and they are >>>> significantly >>>> older (one set of Paselas is probably close to 10 years). >> >>>> Has anyone else had this problem? The cracking/separation is very >>>> consistent, right along the "line" separating the different >>>> squares on >>> the >>>> surface pattern. Sidewalls are fine. Low miles on 'em, you can >>>> still >>> see >>>> the cross-file tread in the squares. >> >>>> Note: this isn't bagging on Rivendell/Grant/Panaracer/Lance >>>> Armstrong, >>> just >>>> simply starting a discussion about what I've noticed. Am I doing >>> something >>>> wrong in storing them, and if so, why isn't it a problem w/ >>>> other tires? >> >>>> This hasn't stopped me from buying Ruffy Tuffies, but I'm sure not >>> getting >>>> my $$$ out of them. >> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> David >>>> Redlands, CA >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> Redlands, CA > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
