and when is jam heiney gonna do up the black cypres?
I like my tires like I like my women.
fat and black.
probably never for hetres because ‘it looks too massive’. Maybe for cypres. (GB did the protos in black, should be easy to do a run in black and not gum)
[quote=blumpkin]velopluggers, bros
also, the cypres is where its at anyway.[/quote]
I like cypres and have been using them on multiple sets of wheels for a while, but am really enjoying the P-Rs right now.
[quote=Blakey]Putting Challenge P-R onto Aeroheads was “challenging” also. Much swearing, much careful tube stuffing.
Totally worth the effort though, great tyres.[/quote]
Same challenges had on DT Swiss RR1.1s. But yeh, the tyres are defs worth it.
even better: stan’s yellow tape
cool will try that next.
Any word on the 30mm Grand Boizzzzz?
even better: stan’s yellow tape[/quote]
Vittoria Rubino Pro II 700x28.
Better, worse, same ride as Paselas?
Fuck paselas.
For $20 I can’t complain. But, I would like something a little lighter (hence my question about the Vittorias).
this might not be the right thread, but it seems sort of tangentially related what with the discussion of paselas (and my personal belief that 1.75 is the 26" equivalent of 700 x 28c, i.e. ‘the sweet spot’): has anyone tried 26 x 1.75 Paselas on their vintage mountain bike?
26 x 2.25 Nomads are just too big for speed.
[quote=Sneaky Viking]this might not be the right thread, but it seems sort of tangentially related what with the discussion of paselas (and my personal belief that 1.75 is the 26" equivalent of 700 x 28c, i.e. ‘the sweet spot’): has anyone tried 26 x 1.75 Paselas on their vintage mountain bike?
26 x 2.25 Nomads are just too big for speed.[/quote]
I dunno bout your sizing, the 1.75s I’ve seen have looked a lot closer to 45c than 28c IME
I’m not saying I think 1.75 = 28c.
I’m saying for an old 26" wheeled mtn bike converted to fredly duties, my hypothesis is that 1.75 is about the sweet spot of volume vs. speed, without the bike handling like shit.
I was wondering if anyone had ridden the 26 x 1.75 paselas and found that the case.
I can start my own thread if this is offensive to 700 x 28c purists.
28mm Vittoria Rubino Pro 3 on sale at Comp Cyclist. Anyone ridden them?
[quote=Sneaky Viking]I’m not saying I think 1.75 = 28c.
I’m saying for an old 26" wheeled mtn bike converted to fredly duties, my hypothesis is that 1.75 is about the sweet spot of volume vs. speed, without the bike handling like shit.
I was wondering if anyone had ridden the 26 x 1.75 paselas and found that the case.
I can start my own thread if this is offensive to 700 x 28c purists.[/quote]
Curious to her what Tehschkott has to say. He’s ridden 26x2.0 Kojaks and I believe has also ridden the Grand Bois 26" tire, but I’m not sure in what width. Also the bike wasn’t a vintage MTB. Still he might have some insight into this.
Aint that the truth, have em on my commuter and they are super sluggish
Been considering these. Also looking at 28mm 4-Seasons. Good? Bad? Meh?
I rode my 28c GP 4 Seasons all last year on a lot of really stupid stuff, including ATV trails in the UP. Only got one flat from a staple through the sidewall.
They aren’t as supple as the Grand Bois I’m riding now, and are only 26.5-27mm wide actual on 23mm rims, but they are good tires IMO.
Used them a bunch too in the past. Great tire but crippled but their skinny casing in this contest.
Might be more of a Dumb questions material, but will I run into trouble fitting 28mm tire on a 29" rim with low bead sockets, designed to be tubeless ready?
In my experience mounting 28c gatorskins and 32-35mm cross tires to stan’s rims yes and no. it’s going to b a bit tighter than average to mount but not crazy. Chances are you will need to inflate it pretty darn high to get it to seat properly then bleed off pressure. Not the best for road side flat repairs but not serious either. If you need to remove make sure you break the bead loose from the rim all the way around both sides first before going at it with a tire lever.
One thing to be aware of though… I found that on the crest rims the higher pressures associated with 28mm tires (I was running 75psi) caused enough detensioning of the spokes that I had to jack them back up a bit. Long term this proved to be a problem and I started seeing some cracking at the nipple holes in the rim.
I have not seen this issue at cross pressures or on the eyleted Sun Ringle rims that use the Stan’s rim design but I can’t speak for running high pressure on the Arch rims.