Hi Steve. I think you are in for a real treat when, down the line, you try out your first 38mm or so 650B tire. I feel so much difference between my old sets of Nifty Swiftys and the Soma B-lines, Hetres, and Lierres--even the Col de la Vies.
On that note, I recommend the Grand Bois Lierres as a fast 650B option. I was really surprised by how well they rolled. My two cents, Lee SF, CA On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:44 AM, islaysteve <alkire...@verizon.net> wrote: > Well, different strokes, I guess. My Bleriot, on the whole, feels > MUCH nicer than my former pure road bike with 23's at 100+ psi. This > was one of my goals, and it's why I'm loving this bike so much. I > decided to go with the max pressure initially because I was concerned > about rolling resistance/increase in effort while I am working to > regain some level of fitness. That gain is happening. Meanwhile, > the bike feels smooth and just plain great, so I see no need to change > anything right now. Crossing between two (of the many) bicycle > cultures is interesting and I'm learning that I can and will take what > I want of each (i.e. STI levers on my Riv). There's an interesting > post on Lovely Bicycle! that sort of illustrates this topic (but don't > go there now, you won't see that post because of a problem with > Blogger). It's about the author's first training ride (on a Riv) with > some hardcore racers. Cheers, Steve > > On May 13, 9:55 am, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On May 11, 6:13 pm, islaysteve <alkire...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> > I'm running the Niftys at the max. >> > pressure of 75 psi and they feel plenty comfy to me. >> >> yowsa! niftys at 75psi feel like my 23mm 700c road tires at 100psi. >> and that's not an exaggeration. running wider tires at max pressure >> defeats the purpose, in my opinion. > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > > -- 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-bunch@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.
