As I said, it's an intensely personal choice. Thanks, yes, I have looked at them. I don't consider the treads to be any different, because I consider all slick treads to be the same. Bikes can not hydroplane under anything close to normal circumstances, so what possible difference could there be between those treads? Those differences in treads are cosmetic, nothing more. (Don't believe me? Read what Sheldon Brown <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html> has to say about tread.) Even if somehow you still think that there is a difference between radial and herringbone tread, along the center, where the tyre actually contacts, both Grand Bois and Compass have radial tread (SOMA's have a mix of radial and a "true" slick pattern).
And true, no one other than Panaracer really knows what, if any, difference exists in those three tyres. But, if you're Panaracer and some asks for a tyre of a given size, weight, performance, and price point, how many different knobs do you think you have left to turn? It's not like Panaracer in Japan has an infinite number of casing material and rubber compounds to chose from, so those criteria almost certainly lock you into a rubber & casing design and everything else is cosmetic. Do you really think there is more to this decision making process? If so, what? On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:17:25 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > > On 11/25/2017 02:57 PM, Ben Miller wrote: > > > > Then be surprised. The fact that Panaracer makes them doesn't mean > they're made the same. And honestly, detecting the difference between the > Hetre and any other tire doesn't require a lot of detective work: all you > need do is look at them. Here they are side by side. It's obvious that's > not the same tread. > > [image: Image result for compass babyshoe pass][image: Image result for > grand bois hetre] > > > > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > > -- 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.
