Re: [RBW] Re: Tires make a difference?

2014-03-16 Thread Tim Gavin
Yup. Studded tires increase your rolling resistance by a couple orders of magnitude. Of course, they'd be *point*less if they didn't. I swapped out my Nokian W160s back to the ITS DJ Micro Knobbies on my Schwinn KOM, and now it's like I'm going downhill. Nice riding 26 tire at $18 apiece

[RBW] Re: Tires make a difference?

2014-03-15 Thread Shoji Takahashi
I'm with you on the Nokian A10s... I'm glad I have them for the winter ice commute, but I can't wait to swap back to the Jack Browns. It feels like riding into a perpetual headwind. shoji On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:04:29 PM UTC-4, RonaTD wrote: I have used 3 different sets of tires on my