Those look like great tires! Downsized Grifos.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Aaron Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > David's tire suggestions are exactly what I would have counseled. > > It's interesting that the Challenge site doesn't list the Eroica anymore. > That'd be a shame if they stopped making them — they are wonderful tires! > > However, it looks like they've introduced another "gravel" racing tire: > the Almanzo. Same width as the Eroica, but with nibbly tread, like the one > found on the Grifo XS: > > http://www.challengetech.it/products/road/almanzo-open-030/00521/en > > That would be pretty awesome too. Good options out there! > > Aaron > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:51:53 AM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > >> If so, then a really short product run. They just came out last year. >> Glad I picked up a pair, although hope they aren't as delicate as you found >> the PR to be. If so, back to Jack Brown! >> >> FYI, here are some for sale, possibly get 'em while you can: >> http://www.treefortbikes.com/**product/333222384290/421/** >> Challenge-Eroica-Gravel.html?**gclid=CLqs7Ieb_**LQCFUjZQgodSDMAIg<http://www.treefortbikes.com/product/333222384290/421/Challenge-Eroica-Gravel.html?gclid=CLqs7Ieb_LQCFUjZQgodSDMAIg> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:01 AM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 21:21 -0800, cyclotourist wrote: >>> > Challenge Eroica is a 30mm tire. I have a set waiting to be installed >>> > when my Jack Browns wear down. >>> > >>> >>> I'm not sure they're still available anymore. I checked Challenge's web >>> site and found it was no longer listed. Given how plush the almost >>> identical, but narrower, Parigi Roubaix rides, I'm sure the Eroica will >>> be even more plush. Note, however, the PR is the most flat-prone tire >>> I've ever used, and since the Eroica is the same thing only wider, I'm >>> pretty sure it too will be equally flat-prone. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bun...@** >>> googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en> >>> . >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> Redlands, CA >> >> ** >> "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby >> can't chew it." -*Mark Twain* >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/HrIw6qk4ffEJ. > > 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. > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." -*Mark Twain* -- 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.
