Not saying you’re wrong or anything…50 seems a lot.
I never ever put over 40psi in the babyshoes. (I’m 165#, + 5–10# stuff)
Anyone have any experience with iRC road tires? Won a couple and not sure if they’re worth putting on, or if they’d have worse rolling resistance than GP4000s
[quote=jdsmooth]Not saying you’re wrong or anything…50 seems a lot.
I never ever put over 40psi in the babyshoes. (I’m 165#, + 5–10# stuff)[/quote]
Yeah… to each their own I guess. I’ll get lazy and forget to air them up and right around when things start to feel mushy in a bad way I check it and I have hit 40.
I don’t think I ever rode the babbies above 40. Not even off road with a load.
Which ones did you get? They sponsored the UCD team when I was there (think I still have a pair of tubeless guys kicking around), their US HQ is in Davis! Supposedly they make the high-end tires for specialized, so if they’re the nice race tires then theoretically they’re the some fast/grippy rubber as the s-works.
When you Google “irc tires”, the second suggested search is “irc tires any good”.
nuts, i would totally have reviewed those tires.
iRC makes the nicest tires nobody knows/cares about
fondled a bunch but have not gotten a chance to ride 'em- they feel pretty nice in hand but who knows.
speaking of road tires, The new Michelin Power Comps are super good, miles better than the Pro 4. Feels like a step up from a Turbo Pro.
How 'bout some 700x36 Clement jawns?
ooh, these feel fantastic.
How 'bout some 700x36 Clement jawns?[/quote]
aw my dude are they about the same strada LGG casing, kid of want
Which ones did you get? They sponsored the UCD team when I was there (think I still have a pair of tubeless guys kicking around), their US HQ is in Davis! Supposedly they make the high-end tires for specialized, so if they’re the nice race tires then theoretically they’re the some fast/grippy rubber as the s-works.[/quote]
That explains why I got them at the Davis crit :). I got the roadlite clincher (non-tubeless I believe). If they make tires for specialized then that gives me a little more confidence. I looked around for reviews but seems like they’re all focused on the Tubeless model. I know that when I switched over to gp4000s from the vittoria whatever’s that came on my bike I noticed a very tangible difference, and I wouldn’t want to go back to a slower tire, but seems like all the rolling resistance comparisons leave iRC out.
How 'bout some 700x36 Clement jawns?[/quote]
aw my dude are they about the same strada LGG casing, kid of want[/quote]
https://www.rei.com/product/102226/clement-xplor-mso-tubeless-ready-tire-700-x-36
Which ones did you get? They sponsored the UCD team when I was there (think I still have a pair of tubeless guys kicking around), their US HQ is in Davis! Supposedly they make the high-end tires for specialized, so if they’re the nice race tires then theoretically they’re the some fast/grippy rubber as the s-works.[/quote]
That explains why I got them at the Davis crit :). I got the roadlite clincher (non-tubeless I believe). If they make tires for specialized then that gives me a little more confidence. I looked around for reviews but seems like they’re all focused on the Tubeless model. I know that when I switched over to gp4000s from the vittoria whatever’s that came on my bike I noticed a very tangible difference, and I wouldn’t want to go back to a slower tire, but seems like all the rolling resistance comparisons leave iRC out.[/quote]
In tests I’ve seen IRC are usually near the top of the pile if not at the top (but hard to get in the USA).
They jumped on road tubeless early and had a number of products out before many other big-name tire companies were even thinking about it. The roadlite is more of a training tire than a race tire, and rides well for something in that category with considerable longevity. I put a ton of miles on a set of tubeless roadlites and they were bombproof. I might not race them except where I know the roads will be particularly brutal (i.e. Copperopolis, Leesville/Lodoga), though if you’ve got dedicated race and training wheels then throwing them on the training set wouldn’t be a terrible idea.
Can anyone remind me how UST compatibility works?
On a tire: means it will work very well on a ust rim, pretty much just as well on a tcs rim, and pretty good on just about anything else that’s similar. Sometimes acts the fool with BST rims though.
On a rim: put any tubeless tire on there and yolo off into the sunset.
Well that’s easy. Thanks, Braden!
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How 'bout some 700x36 Clement jawns?[/quote]
If they’ll fit on the Poprad, I’d love to be your test mule.