There a lot of tuff "City" tires out there that do well off road. I've had good success with the Jack Brown Greens, even though Grant suggests the Blue version for more rough rides. The Panaracer Urban Max is a 32mm tire similar to the Pasela with sturdier sidewalls that works well too. You have to watch the weight on some of the City tires, the World Tour is heavier than both I've mentioned yet is probably not any tougher.
~Mike On Mar 22, 12:43 pm, Jim Cloud <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone in the group has had recent experience with > the Michelin World Tour tire that they'd like to share? I began > riding off-road in Tucson many years ago, before the advent of > mountain bikes, when that style of riding was referred to as "Rough > Stuff" by the Brits. I was using a 27" wheel size (on my Paramount) > with a Michelin tire that may have been the World Tour, although I > don't remember the name of the tire. > > These tires performed very well riding on both paved and off-road > surfaces and handled the gnarly stuff quite well > > The unpaved roads around the Tucson area, that are graded, will eat > Gran Bois tires for lunch. The thin sidewalls simply don't stand up > to the sharp rocks that occur on these roads (Jan Heine states this on > his website, referring to one Tucson area rider who has found the Gran > Bois too fragile for these roads: > http://www.compasscycle.com/TireTerrain.html > . ) > > I'm thinking about getting a set of 700x35c tires to try out on my > Rivendell Road Standard and I'm considering the Michelin World Tour. > Any comments, based on riding experiences, would be appreciated. > > Jim Cloud > Tucson, AZ -- 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.
