'nother vote for the Grand Bois Lierre. My brother rides and loves them on
his randonneuse- he used to ride Pari-motos too. But if you can fit
Rumpkins (a fat 40), you probably can fit Hetres (a slim 42) as well.
/I ride clunky old (40mm) Schwalbe Marathon- not sexy, not fast, not fixing
I have 1,592 flat free miles on my 1st set of P-Ms so far. They won't be a
high mileage tire, but they are fun to ride.
I didn't see a mention yet, but Maxy Fasty (33.4 mm or so) tires are a
plausible alternative.
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:00 PM, RonaTD teddur...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 27,
Soma Xpress - Riv sells them - are not sluggish and are very durable. Not
as plush as the Grand Bois, mind you, but decent tires nonetheless.
On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:11:42 AM UTC-5, RJM wrote:
I am looking for some alternatives to Pari Motos for my Sam. I have been
having a problem
The obvious choice are Grand Bois Hetres (42mm). Super low rolling
resistance and pretty low weight, fat enough for serious off-roading,
seem to last 3-5000 miles (if memory of other people's posts serves).
Best tire ever made, IMHO. If you really want to go skinny, go Grand
Bois Cypres (32mm).
The Grand Bois Lierre also seems to get a lot of love. I've been very
impressed with the Soma 650x38 tires. I have lots of miles on the New
Express which is their flat resistant version. I guess it should ride
badly since it has a reinforced casing, but I've found it to be a very nice
Lierres, hands down. Nearly the same ride quality of the Hetres, with a
little less volume for dirt (that's where I think the Hetres are especially
good), but good enough. And they'll fit under fenders no problem. I've
really enjoyed them on the Protovelo:
I've heard of tire liners but never used them. Anyone tried these? I
wonder if they would help with Pari-Motos.
Ryan
On Mar 27, 12:53 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Tue, 2012-03-27 at 08:11 -0700, RJM wrote:
I am looking for some alternatives to Pari Motos for my Sam. I
On Tue, 2012-03-27 at 13:26 -0700, rcnute wrote:
I've heard of tire liners but never used them. Anyone tried these? I
wonder if they would help with Pari-Motos.
I've never used them either, but I've always heard how badly they affect
ride. As for any flat protection qualities, I myself never
On Mar 27, 11:49 am, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
I love, love the Pari-motos - but they're not an everyday tire. Light as a
feather, and built that way too.
I'm only one data point, but I've done a solo 600k, a 400k brevet, and
a whole lot of daily commuting on a pair of Pari Motos
On Mar 27, 8:00 pm, RonaTD teddur...@gmail.com wrote:
am having a dickens of a
itinerary getting them to mount straight on Velocity rims.
Argh. iOS spell correction and aging eyesight. Sorry about that. I
meant a dickens of a time, not itinerary.
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I've got Hetres on my Sam with fenders and they are fantastic. I get
about 5,000 miles out of them, with very few flats, maybe one every
2,000 miles on the pair. I ride on the shoulder with the road debris,
on single track, whatever, and they're just about perfect in
everything but deep mud.
I
Thanks everybody for the comments.
I really like the Pari Motos, they are fast tires and feel great, I can't
really say I have had any issues with the handling or performance. I have a
brand new set of Pari Motos sitting in the bike room, but may keep them for
events like some longer
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