This is my next course of action. When installing the Stampede Pass, I noticed one had a section on the inner part where the sidewall seam (in the middle) was starting to separate. Price was right, so no problem here, but if I'm buying new tires, I'll opt for bigger ones. David Chicago
On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 12:06:28 PM UTC-5, p g wrote: > > I would do it in steps starting from $0 cost. First step would be using > the added volume of the Pasela's (re:your first question) and run them at > lower pressure. Tire suppleness has a lot to do with reducing rolling > resistance (and increasing speed) on rougher tarmac, tire pressure has a > lot to do with comfort. > > On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 11:08:32 AM UTC-4, David Banzer wrote: >> >> Hypothetical tire situation. >> Say you just fit Continental SpeedRide tires from Riv. You like the >> volume but with fenders it's getting too tight for comfort. >> You'll probably put up a FS post for the SpeedRides shortly as you >> anticipated you had more room than you thought. >> SKS fenders are installed, but you previously had VO aluminum fenders >> installed, and they're just sitting around, already drilled and fit for >> this bike. >> You'd prefer the aluminum fenders on this bike for various reasons not >> terribly important to this situation. >> In your bike tire stash you have the following pairs of tires: >> Panaracer Paselas - 700x32 - new-ish - actual width of 32mm >> Panaracer Paselas - 700x32 - worn in, feel nicer than a new pair - actual >> width of 32mm >> Panaracer Paselas - 700x35 - worn in, you remember these riding really >> nicely - actual width of 36mm >> Resist Nomads - 700x35 - new-ish, actual width of 34mm >> Compass Stampede Pass - 700x32 - used previously, actual width of you >> don't know yet since you haven't installed them on a bike yet >> >> You also have a pair of Compass Barlow Pass tires (actual 37mm) on your >> Riv Redwood, but you'd rather they stay on that bike. >> You'd prefer to buy Compass Bon Jon Pass tires as they'd probably be >> perfect, but you are trying not to spend money on this project. >> >> Would you pick the suppleness of the Compass tires over the added volume >> of the Pasela? >> Would you just try them all out and wear through them all? >> Would you sell all of 'em and get Compass Bon Jon Pass'? >> Would you not even ponder this situation at all 'cause all the tires are >> really similar to each other? >> >> This also might be the bike in question: >> https://www.instagram.com/p/BDGUxyasmfX/?taken-by=treetopbags >> >> David >> Chicago >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
