I agree with others. Try them at different pressures before giving up on them. IME, larger volume tires are more sensitive to pressure/feel relationship. That's a good thing as you can adjust them as needed for what road surface you're on. Typically I feel faster on gravel with a lower pressure, slightly higher pressure for paved roads. My experience is limited to similar 650b tires and 35mm Paselas, not specifically Barlow Pass tires (though they are on my short list once Paselas and Resist Nomads wear out). David Chicago
On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 1:11:18 AM UTC-5, Mike Shaljian wrote: > > I think you need to be more skeptical of the notion that the Marathons > are, in fact, significantly more flat-resistant than the Barlows. The > higher volume and lower pressure characteristics of the Barlow make it, in > my estimation, a very flat resistant tire. I have put probably 3500 miles > on Barlows in the past year or so, entirely while living in college towns > with lots of broken glass. Like, actually, fairly large bits are all around > and ground glass is everywhere where I've been riding. I have not had one > flat in that time and I wouldn't say I ride particularly cautiously. I just > run the Barlows at 38 in the rear and 34 up front, and I'm 190 lbs. > > I agree with Patrick, running them at low pressure is almost unsettlingly > more comfortable and zippier, in my experience. Marathons always felt so > very dead to me, on both a Quickbeam and Sam Hillborne. -- 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.
