They're pricey, but not end of the world pricey: http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com/Tires.html
I'd recommend giving them a try. They feel great! DE On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:21 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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.
