Not very long! Cypres lasted less than 1000 miles on the rear for me in randonneuring usage on smooth roads . Granted, I am tall and heavy, roughly 260 lbs. But I would I would predict a similar life on a loaded commuting bike, not to mention the additional road hazards in commuting.
*All that being said, the Cypres was my first foray into light supple tires and I loved them. The Compass tires I have now are much better though, I got about 2500 miles out of the first rear tire and the initial front tire is still going. The rear was actually still fine but I replaced it for precautionary reasons, it was getting pretty worn in the middle. On Aug 15, 2014 2:32 PM, "'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch" < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > And how long would a "rear" Grand Bois Cypres or Hetre last on a 30+ lbs. > Sam Hillborne committing 35 miles RT five days a week? How much do they > cost? > > On Friday, August 15, 2014 2:24:53 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 08/15/2014 05:17 PM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote: >> >> It's really no extra effort at all. When I have the wheels off the >> bike to re-lube the wheel bearings I rotate the tires. I suppose I like to >> do this because I am not locked into a specific tire and enjoy matched sets. >> >> >> whereas when I find a tire I like (e.g., the Grand Bois Cypres and Hetre) >> I stay with them year after year. >> >> >> >> On Friday, August 15, 2014 1:07:02 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >>> >>> On 08/15/2014 03:47 PM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote: >>> > Anne, >>> > >>> > I'll agree that Sheldon's philosophy is applicable to some tires, but >>> > I think it's safe to squeeze in a couple/three rotations on these >>> > Schwalbe's. >>> > >>> >>> Why would you want to go to that extra effort? You end up with the same >>> result following Sheldon's "new to front, front to rear" method with far >>> less shuffling. >>> >> >> -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
