Wow. No grip in wet conditions and short tread life are not things I've hear about the RTP up till now. I have a pair, but only rode them briefly before I took apart the bike they were on. I am in the process of building a different bike and plan to use these tires. This will be mainly a commuting machine (heard they were not bad regarding flats, but plan to run them with tubes that have a squirt of Orange Seal just in case. In any case, just about any bike I build these days has to be for commuting;^) but obviously leery of a slippery when wet tire. Of course I expect any tire to let go at some point while cornering in the rain, but usually it is the cheaper tires with harder compounds. The fact that the guy directly behind you wiped in the same spot makes me wonder--could there have been something else on the road that day?
On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 8:42:33 PM UTC-4, Gravel & Grind Espresso + Bikes wrote: > > I’ve had ‘em on my Hunqapillar for about half a year. I commute, do fire > roads, single track with rocks, short dirt road tours. Tread wear is as to > be expected from such a light tire. Paselas they are not, for durability > on the tread. They also don’t grip nearly as well as Paselas, as I found > when corning in the rain, and my whole bike flew out from under me, as did > the guy’s bike right behind me, riding the same tire. > > Pluses: great ride quality, I run em around 30 psi. Low weight. Look > great. > Downsides: super thin. They flat on any little sharp object. Not gunna > last more than 2000 miles, for me at least. Maybe 1500, really. Expensive. > > Tubeless: I didn’t want to run mine tubeless, but I set them up that way > after repeatedly flatting on them. 2-3 flats for a weekend tour. Can’t > handle that. I used orange seal enduro sealant and tape, and Stan’s > valves. No flats since, and that was 5 months ago. > > Recommendation: get em if light weigh, supple, basically bald tires sound > like they might fit your riding style, and you are willing to convert to > tubeless. As a rule, when setting them up on customers bikes, I urge > tubeless conversions, and most of the 12 pair or so I’ve sold go out the > door tubeless. > > -james > co-owner of Gravel & Grind > > > > > On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 7:16:59 PM UTC-4, Patch T wrote: >> >> They've been out for just over a year now, yeah? More? >> >> Who has been riding them extensively, and can share some solid feedback? >> Where and how do you ride them? On what? With whom? And why?!?! >> >> I'm interested in getting the Standards, but would like to read about the >> Extralights, too. >> >> (If there's already the same thread, apologies, I searched but couldn't >> find it) >> >> Love, >> Patch >> >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
