The only true 28 mm road tire?  How so?  There aregood 28's out there
in a wide variety of flavors.  Grand Bois, Vittoria, Panaracer,
Schwalbe, and Continental all make 28's, ranging from 220 gm to over
700.  I think there are good, often better subs for both the RP and RT
out there.  I can see why Grant would concede that size to bigger
players, and concentrate on where he perceives the unfilled needs to
be.

My short list of subs for the Roly Poly:
Vittoria Rubino Pro (I own these and like them)
Conti GP 4-season
Grand Bois Cerf (a little lighter)
Schwalbe Durano
Schwalbe Ultremo (really light)
Panaracer Pasela non-TG

For the RT:
Pasela TG
Conti Gartorskin
Vittoria Randonneur (a little beefier)

Bill

On Jan 14, 9:48 am, pruckelshaus <[email protected]> wrote:
> I actually came here to post a lament about the loss of what is
> probably the only "true" 700x28mm road tire out there.  I simply
> cannot believe that ruffy tuffy/rolly polly sales are not enough to
> support having a new set of molds made.  At the very least, I hope
> that whomever makes the tires (Panasonic?) decides to make an
> identical tire all their own to make up for this.  I won't say that
> this decision has me pissed off, because, hey, it's just a bike tire.
> However, often enough in recent memory I've asked myself silently "why
> the hell would/did Grant/Riv do that?" that I now understand that my
> Riv phase might be coming to an end.
>
> I might even pick up a couple spares, before they're all gone...
>
> Pete
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