Pari Motos are more easily cut and wear out at about 1,800 miles. I get twice
that on Panaracers. Will try the non hypertex version. First ride was pretty
good over coarse pavement on the Xpress tires
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Pretty good. Ran them on a conversion. A bit stiff but not too bad. No real
reason to get them now that panaracer has 650b without the hypertext casing.
Also Pari motos are cheaper, and faster.
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I just got a pair from RBW and mounted them on Synergy rims. Size 38B-650.
Measures 35ish in width. The tire is much harder to mount on the rim than a
Grand Bois or Pascenti. Might be an issue if you are cold and tired and running
close on time to finish a brevet. Tread is Pasela. Heavy tires
I also use them on my commuter. Definitely not Compass/Grand Bois ride
quality, but my only flat was a pinch flat that was not the tire's fault.
I use the tire mainly to avoid flats and avoid delays in my commute. I
have gotten 2 flats on my Hetres caused by metal wires and glass shard that
may
I commute on the Soma Xpress 650bx38; they measure about 36 on my rims.
Initially, I had a flat in both front and rear tires during the first hundred
miles. (I wasn't happy with that for commuting purposes). However, I have now
ridden 1,000 miles around the Washington, DC area with no
I rode the 38mm 650b New Xpress last year. Good ride, feel fast, not the best
at cornering but not awful, they were the only tire I've ever commuted on that
had zero flats while I ran them. Glad others have had less flats with Compass,
but I had the flats the first month I ran them and still
SOMA New Xpress: I have only tried the relatively narrow versions
(somewhere around 32mm) on 700C rims. I found them indistinguishable from
the belted (TG, PT, etc) Paselas.
Which is to say I liked them quite a bit years back, but consider them kind
of a utility tire these days. Not really in the
Anyone try these yet? If so, what are your thoughts? I love the feel of
Compass and Panaracer tires and am always on the look out for similar type
tires to try. I'd be getting the 650b if I buy them. A bit narrower at 38
then I normally shoot for but I have a lot of bikes that have
