crabb@katie.DEC (Charlie Crabb HLO2-2/G13 SEG/CAD -dtn 225-5739) (02/23/86)
It's nearly that time again (for those of us in frigid climes) to pull the bike from the back room and ready it for some fine rides. Let's start a discussion on wheels. I just got a Performance catalog and I am noticing that tubulars (sew ups) are relegated to a smaller section in the catalog. I recently switched to using Panaracer kevlars (c) on the ol' Arc en Ciel's. Wow! A big difference over the clinchers ...wired-on's...). However, there are now a lot of sub 200 gram tires on the market. you can't get less than a 400 gram rim for these, but you don't want much less than that riding on our eroding infrastructure here in the U.S.A. My Arc en Ciels have taken some lumps (they're about 350 g). How good are the new tires? Do they mount okay (I have tried mounting the foldable tires on some Weinmann rims with no success. I needed the wire bead)? One review of the Specialized rim found a problem with uneveness where the rim was joined. This is an expensive rim...does its cost justify dumping tubulars for a wired on? /Charlie Crabb crabb%katie.dec@decwrl.ARPA
swamp@pilchuckDataio.UUCP (Marshal Jones) (03/01/86)
> > It's nearly that time again (for those of us in frigid climes)... > I just got a Performance catalog and I am noticing that tubulars > (sew ups) are relegated to a smaller section in the catalog. > I recently switched to using Panaracer kevlars (c) on the ol' Arc en > Ciel's. Wow! A big difference over the clinchers ...wired-on's...). > However, there are now a lot of sub 200 gram tires on the market. > you can't get less than a 400 gram rim for these, but you don't want much > less than that riding on our eroding infrastructure here in the U.S.A. > My Arc en Ciels have taken some lumps (they're about 350 g). > How good are the new tires? Do they mount okay (I have tried > mounting the foldable tires on some Weinmann rims with no success. I needed > the wire bead)? > One review of the Specialized rim found a problem with uneveness > where the rim was joined. This is an expensive rim...does its cost justify > dumping tubulars for a wired on? > /Charlie Crabb crabb%katie.dec@decwrl.ARPA So far this year, I have been riding on a pair of Mavic Mod-E2 wheels with Specialized Turbo/S tires & latex tubes. They hold up fine, they are virtually bulletproof and they cost half as much as my silks. On the other hand, they don't feel nearly as good after 100 miles or so, and they don't handle as well ( at least to me). From what I hear, the Mavic MA-40 rims are supposed to be the cat's meow as far as the new super light tires go. They were designed to work with the Turbo/V tires, and seem to be considerably lighter than the older rims. While we are talking about new and improved, I'd like to hear some feedback on the LOOK pedals and shoes. I should have mine in this week, so it will be interesting to compare some notes. ******************************************************************************* *Marshall Jones @ The Programmer Folks I may not be fast, but I'm in front of you Disclaimer: My company probably wouldn't claim anything I say on here.