I love the Compass tires on my Ram and on the tandem, but I have also gotten many happy miles from three different pairs of Pari-Motos. What we want from a tire depends lot on the kind of riding we do. I live in a rural area and mostly ride country roads and extensive bike trails so flats are not a major concern. When I commuted into Burlington every day I wanted a carefree tire and rolling resistance was at best a secondary concern. My Saluki is happy with Fatty Bumpkins and I always ride them when I'm going into town or other bad roads. They don't have the snap of the Compass tires but otherwise roll along just fine.
I don't think tires our a good place to economize; they have too much impact on both safety and enjoyment. I would recommend that a rider think about what kind of riding he mostly does and what he wants from the tire and then get the best he can afford. To paraphrase Bontrager. You can get great performance, great resilience, great price. Choose any two. Michael On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:15:52 PM UTC-4, Lungimsam wrote: > > I have enjoyed mine, but they...are...so....expensive!!!! When you add in > shipping it comes to like 70+ bucks per tire for the Loup Loups. Love these > tires and highly recommend them, though. > > So I am looking around to see if there are any similarly built tires that > are less expensive out there, in the 30+mm wide range but not wider than > 38mm. > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
