[RBW] End of the rainbow

2016-10-23 Thread Fullylugged
Sorry that yours finally reached the end of the road, so to speak. I have a fresh set (got them and shelved them for years) on a TREK 660 conversion I did and they always bring smiles from others on rides. The tires are Nifty Swifties with the color inserts on a sidewall. They came in two

[RBW] End of the rainbow

2016-10-22 Thread Lungimsam
Looks like dry rot blowout? I thought the Rivendell speed blends had checkerboard treads? Are those Pasela? Some people love Pasela but I have read many times on the Internet where owners complained of sidewall blowout. Anyway, could you see different colors while riding? Could you see

[RBW] End of the rainbow

2016-10-22 Thread BSWP
My wife has been running RBW speedblends on her B'Stone XO-5 for several years, the tires came to me when I bought the 66cm QuickBeam, and had not been sold by Riv for a long time. She got nothing but positive comments on them, and it was always fun watching them "pulse" while riding alongside