For the last three years, I've been using 700x32 (non-Tourguard) Pasela's for "unimportant" centuries and brevets, and GB 700x30's for "important" brevets (anything 600K or over, where faster tires may make a significant difference in either sleep or in finishing on time). The Pasela's are definitely not quite as nice, but they're plenty good enough and fast enough for the shorter events. Hard to beat the price at about $15 a tire, usually. The Tourguard version is noticeably slower, and I quit using those. The flat rate is about comparable between the Tourguard Pasela's, the non-Tourguard Pasela's, and the GB's. I think on the East Coast, we have fewer issues from thorns, and as long as you stay out of shoulder debris, it mostly comes down to good or bad luck in hitting something that will puncture.
Nick On Dec 29 2009, 11:47 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > But how do the GBs compare to Paselas (for example) or other 28s? Are they > more supple? To Don and other users. > > > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:35 PM, dpco <[email protected]> wrote: > > patrick, > > another thing to consider is rim width. wider rims allow for lower > > pressures. HED has some new wheelsets that have wider rims and you run > > 23c tires at 85-90lbs. i have velocity aeroheads and they are relative > > narrow. the old apples to oranges problem. i did experiment with a > > wider set of velocity rims with grand bois 700x30 tires and did like > > them. they felt like mud compared to my 28c setup. everybody is > > different. bottom line for me, talking to grant p. enlightened me to a > > new outlook on cycling and in a very positive way. > > don c. > > > On Dec 29, 8:12 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:06 PM, dpco <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > i have been using grand bois 700X28 tires for a couple of years. > > > > How do these compare with the Paselas? I'm mostly familiar with the > > 559X32 > > > mm Paselas, which I didn't find hugely fast or comfortable; certainly not > > as > > > supple as the, alas, much skinnier 559X1 Turbos. But the Paselas felt to > > me > > > like a utility tire. If the GBs are more supple than the Paselas, and, > > #2, > > > if they are reasonably durable, I'd be interested in putting the GB 28s > > on > > > the Motobecane -- for me, true 28 mm is quite fat and just what I want > > for > > > rough pavement, firm dirt and load carrying. > > > > > [...]. i weigh 170 and pump up the fronts 75lbs. and the rears 85lbs. i > > > > even tried lower and have never had a pinch flat. for me, those > > pressures > > > > seem to be the best combo. > > > > That seems high to me. I'm 170 too and I run my 29 mm actual (on the new > > > Alex DH19 rims; 30 mm labeled) IRC Tandems at 70/80, even with heavy rear > > > loads, and that feels rough over bumps -- I just rode home on the > > Motobecane > > > after pumping up the front, with very slow leak, to 70, and the bike > > jarred > > > over expansion bumps. Light 531 frame, with long stays, too. What do the > > > rest of you use for 700c X 28 mm tires? > > > > > . > > > > -- > > > Patrick Moore > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > For professional resumes, contact > > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > > > (505) 227-0523 > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
