> Kirk offers mtb tires. off road doesn't mean mtb. Living in Chicago I have little chance to do either, so tend to jumble the two in my mind.
> horses for courses, but a 38mm tire that can't be ridden on unpaved surfaces, > mixed terrain, etc. is silly to me. As I understand the history of 650b, the constructeurs liked the size as it allowed them to build bikes around wider tires that were more comfortable riding over cobble stone streets. The whole 23 mm road tire thing was not in their thought process. Not sure why a tire that harks back to the 650b golden era is silly. > tire." based on your posts, it seems like you have the impression > that this tire is somehow more precious than other supple performance > tires on the market. i disagree with that. Well, my impressions, such that they are, are based on what Kirk and some of the others who have ridden prototypes have to say about the tires. I did not make up the Event Tire appellation. Just repeated it. On May 14, 9:11 am, Patrick in VT <psh...@drm.com> wrote: > On May 13, 9:32 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > Well you probably do not want to buy a set of Pari-Motos. > > Well, I pre-ordered, Joel, so that's a done deal. > > >Kirk has an off road tire already. > > Kirk offers mtb tires. off road doesn't mean mtb. horses for > courses, but a 38mm tire that can't be ridden on unpaved surfaces, > mixed terrain, etc. is silly to me. > > >As far as I can tell, this tire is intended for riding fast however > >relatively speaking >on pavement. > > why? because somebody dubbed it an "event" tire? i've ridden the > grand bois cypres, challenge p/r's and, of course, the hetre "off- > road" with great results. these are all high performance, supple > tires - just like the pari-moto. should these too be ridden only on > pavement? i must have missed that memo. > > regardless, choosing a 38mm tire for "fast" riding on pavement is kind > of silly too. there is no evidence that fatter supple tires are > faster than skinny supple tires on relatively smooth surfaces, i.e. > pavement. in fact, it's the opposite according to BQ. > > further, everyone's idea of "fast" is different. when i ride "fast," > it means accelerate quickly or get dropped. i'm relatively positive > that a 38mm tire will not accelerate as quickly as the 23mm challenge > tires I ride for going "fast." > > > It is a tad harsh to suggest anyone is trying to build > > marketing hype around something that may not do much more than break > > even. > > Joel, I put my order in as soon as Kirk made the announcement. please > don't jump to conclusions, or take things out of context. i'm only > suggesting that folks shouldn't get too hung up on the term "event > tire." based on your posts, it seems like you have the impression > that this tire is somehow more precious than other supple performance > tires on the market. i disagree with that. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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.
