I have those same tires on my QB right now. Really like them, but I've never tried cornering fast with them on the tarmac. I put them on for a trail ride, and never took 'em off!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/4354182033/ On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Gino, > > I'll state right off the bat that I don't have any useful suggestions > for you (no surprise there....). > > In the past I have used my old cyclocross tires (Specialized Tri-Cross > II, 700x32/35) on mixed terrain rides. It was going swimmingly well > until I forgot I was on knobbies and really leaned the bike into an > off chamber turn on pavement and got onto the side knobs. Then the > fun started! There was this horrible rubber on asphalt grinding sound > and the bike started to slide...right cross the center stripe...a > fortunate combination of pure dumb luck, no oncoming traffic, and > reactions tuned from riding skinny tired bikes off road kept me > upright. > > So perhaps my advice is that knobbies on pavement....not so good. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/1991808605/in/photostream/ > > Angus > > On Feb 13, 5:35 pm, Gino Zahnd <ginoza...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What else besides the Jack Brown and Schwalbe Kojak exist for > > light-ish fast tires that are good for mixed terrain riding? Those are > > two great choices, but I'm curious what else might be out there. I > > know there's the Pasela, but that tire is too squirmy for my taste. > > > > Thanks, > > Gino > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
