+1 Eric. I just pay the price and enjoy the ride. I am utterly spoiled by Compass tires.
On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 12:07:21 AM UTC-4, Eric Norris wrote: > > My riding took a leap forward a few years ago when I finally broke down > and started buying expensive tires. They do make a difference, and they are > worth the money. > > I currently ride Grand Bois and Compass tires almost exclusively. The > major exception is a 650B-equipped Rivendell that currently has Gravel > Kings, which are are the last “cheap” tires I still use. > > --Eric N > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > www.CampyOnly.com > Campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > @Campyonlyguy > > > On Oct 4, 2017, at 8:47 PM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Lee Legrand very concisely asked: "Huh?" in response to my sarcastic > request for the best tires in the world to be cheap. It was a sarcastic > comment. Many many people have learned that better tires are better. Many > people believe that Compass tires are the best in the world for their given > size. Many of those people also complain that Compass tires are > expensive. Some ask participants of the Rivendell Bicycle Works Owners > Bunch Google Group to explain and justify the pricing of Compass Bicycles > Ltd. I think that state of affairs is amusing on many levels and my > sarcastic post was an attempt to add more amusement to the comedy. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 6:16:47 PM UTC-7, Lee Legrand wrote: >> >> I don’t ask for much. I just want somebody to ignore all costs to >> develop and manufacture the best tires in the world and I want them to sell >> them to me for really really cheap. What’s so hard about that?! >> >> Huh? >> >> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I don’t ask for much. I just want somebody to ignore all costs to >>> develop and manufacture the best tires in the world and I want them to sell >>> them to me for really really cheap. What’s so hard about that?! >>> >>> -- >>> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
