Bill brings up the excellent point of the meaning of “best value.” To me value means: provides high ride quality, experience, dependibility, and longevity at a cost commensorate with the work required to achieve that. Compass tires are my best value tire, though they cost more per mile than quite a few tires, simply because the ride quality and experience far outweighs their higher cost and the (in my experience) slight increase in flats (since I ride tubes, easily repairable in the field).
I generally keep coming back to two options, interestingly diametrically opposed in cost. Sugino, as Bill suggests. Or White Industries MR30. I’ll keep playing, and I may well ride this full season with the Suginos and decide after having the option of a full year of bikepacking fixed with the option of a bailout granny ring. With abandon, Patrick -- 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.