I have used 3 different sets of tires on my Bleriot/Protovelo in the last few months: Nokian A10 Riv Fatty Rumpkin (the original ones) Pacenti Pari Moto
The difference in riding effort/speed is astonishing. I describe the difference between the Nokians and the Pari Motos as three gears (on a wide range cluster). I met up with pal Kurt for the last 10 miles of his epic January 200km ride, and I exhausted myself trying to keep up with him. Two weeks earlier, on Pari Motos on a 200km brevet, I flew away from him on the first climb. The Fatty Rumpkins are in between, but far aback of the Pari Motos. I tried to mount the Fatty Rumpkins for commuting last week (surely winter must be over) and gave up after an hour of trying to get them to mount straight. The Pari Motos went back on. Event tires, I guess, but commuting is an event, too. Ted Durant Milwaukee, WI, USA -- 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/d/optout.
