It actually depends on how badly i want to spend my hard earned money and the kinds of rationalizations I can dream up to justify this. It also depends on my spending threshold for "riding experience" -- it's more fun to ride fast, supple tires than heavy, stiff tires. I haven't filled in the cost variable yet -- how much does Jan charge for a pair of 28 mm GBs? -- so I haven't been able to process the equation and come out with a logically irrefutable decision one way or t'other.
(Note that my grocery beater sports a $200 Phil Swiss bb bearing assembly -- he said, pedantically distinguising the frame part from the bearing assembly -- so extravagance is no problem.) On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-01-01 at 07:55 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks, Nick -- if you find the Paselas good enough for "short" rides > > like, oh, say 100, 120 miles, I feel somewhat awkward wondering if I > > should spend the extra cash for tootling around at my usual 3K miles a > > year rate, much of which is 11-12 mile rts to the store. > > That depends on how fast you want to go, doesn't it? As Nick pointed > out, the GBs are faster than the Paselas. In his case, he's fast enough > to have no difficulty doing a 200 or 300 km brevet within the allowed > time limit on slower tires. There is no prize for completing a brevet > faster than the allowed time, so when it isn't close why not economize a > bit, and save the faster but far more expensive tires for those > situations where the advantage they provide may mean the difference > between finishing with the time limit or failing to do so? > > You could, of course, argue that there is no time limit for grocery > runs, other than getting to the store before it closes -- and in this > era of 24 hour supermarkets that's not much of a concern. Or you could > say, some folks care so much about going fast they'll spend hundreds of > dollars to save a couple of dozen grams of weight because they think > it'll make them faster. > > You know yourself. What matters most? > > > > > -- > > 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.
