A poorly seated tire will wobble - you'll notice it when looking at the tread as you spin the wheel. You might also get a "thump-thump" as you ride, if it's severe.
Regarding the handling difference between Hetre and Pari-Moto you describe, we've never noticed anything like it. At the cornering limit, the Hetre ribs will squirm a bit, but you have to go seriously fast to feel that. For some reason, the Extra Léger model doesn't suffer from this trait as much, perhaps because the more supple tire conforms more to the road surface... It's conceivable – if you are more sensitive than we are – that you might feel a little squirm from the ribs during the first few miles, until they wear a bit, but it's unlikely, considering how much rubber there is on the road with a 42 mm tire. I suspect there is something else that is going on... The difference in tire height (about 3 mm) will lift your center of gravity by about 0.3%. Even the princess on the pea would be hard-pressed to notice that! Jan Heine Compass Bicycles Ltd. http://www.compasscycle.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
