On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...'... if you are tired of gushing about Compass tires just skip this > post. > .... > Ride quality is superb, not hugely different than how I remember the > Hetre's or SBH's actually and I'm not sure how much the tubeless really > matters to the feel. > I'd be interested to hear opinions from anyone who has ridden Compass EL models both tubed and un-tubed; is there a big difference? I expect that there will be less difference between tubed and tubeless with very supple tires, assuming of course the use of good tubes. But I may be wrong. I know that 559 X 1.35 Kojaks rode noticeably smoother and, to my senses, faster, without tubes than with, tho' I abandoned the tubeless setup for fear of blowouts as the tires are not designed to be used sans tubes (it was only air pressure that kept the beads in place). > My main motivation on the tubeless is that I'll have fewer flats and at > least not have to mess with tubes so often. > >From my experience with the extremely light Compass Elk Pass, as well as with tubeless on the Matthews, I don't find that I get more flats with tubes than without, using Orange Seal in both. Of course, I don't ride the EPs at pressures lower than, say, 50 psi, compared to half that for the F Freds on the Matthews. > .... > > Time will tell on the durability, obviously any of these light supple > tires compromise on protection from road debris > I've got over 3,600 miles on my first set of Elk Passes (559 X 27-29 or so actual on 19 and 21 mm rims ); these are 178 gram tires, friends, and I regularly ride them in our gravely and thorn ridden dirt. 3600 miles on the rear, and there is still plenty of tread; the front looks almost new -- that is truly amazing. I spent $1K on a dozen tires when they first came out, thinking I'd have to install new ones after not much more than 1K miles, but nope ... -- 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.
