That was my son Sam's experience with the Parigi Roubaix tires on his Quickbeam, but he chalked it up to the debris strewn West Philadelphia roads.
-----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Palincsar Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 11:37 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Ram: loaded; Parigi-Roubaix tires; dt shifters: trade? On Sun, 2013-04-14 at 14:00 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > 2. Thanks to Tom Allingham of this list for a pair of almost new > Challenge Parigi Roubaix tires to replace the Kojaks from the Fargo. > What nice tires! First, the feel: they are big, but they are soft and > fluffy. So to speak. Second, how round they are! Third, pump them hard > -- they still feel softer over bumps than the wider, softer Kojaks -- > and have none of the squirm that the Kojaks show when slightly > underinflated. I haven't ridden them enough, or found the ideal > pressure, to decide if they are faster than the Kojaks, but they lack > that almost indefinable feeling that something is holding you back -- > which the Kojaks exhibited on the Ram but, oddly, not on the Fargo or > (another pair, 559X1.35", wire bead) on the '03 Riv. Again, first > impressions. The ride of the Parigi Roubaix is sublime. Pavement cracks magically disappear. It's uncanny. However, the tire is a Janus. There is another face, darkly evil: the tires flat every 300 miles, in my experience. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. **************************************************** **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
