Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas

I got some 32s as I've heard mixed info on them being true to size,
but they measure exactly 32mm on Alex Ace 19s, which are about the
same dimension as CR18s. So a little bigger than I expected, but
what's not to like? Others might have clearance issues. No ridge on
the 32s now, so nice smooth cornering. I'd forgotten how nicely made
and classy these are.

I've heard complaints about bead blow outs on these and indeed I had
one as I brought my rear up to pressure, despite visual vigilance--
turns out to just be the bead not seating due to the tires being
folded for shipping. The quality is Japanese and flawless as usual.

you bought those damn tires with the white sidewalls made from
recycled sweat socks ?

On Apr 24, 10:31 pm, datakoll wrote:
you bought those damn tires with the white sidewalls made from
recycled sweat socks ?

Girdles. They smell like jiggle. Fun jiggle!

On Apr 24, 8:41 pm, landotter wrote:

I got some 32s as I've heard mixed info on them being true to size,
but they measure exactly 32mm on Alex Ace 19s, which are about the
same dimension as CR18s. So a little bigger than I expected, but
what's not to like?

Funny, my wife's 700x32 wire-bead Paselas (old-style) measured almost
exactly 28mm on Mavic MA2s. The style update must have included a bit
of sizing revision.

I'd forgotten how nicely made and classy these are.

They've been some of the best tires for the money all along, even at
full retail. Hopefully the yen goes down the toilet alongside the
dollar and they remain affordable.

Chalo

On Apr 25, 12:00 pm, Chalo wrote:

They've been some of the best tires for the money all along, even at
full retail. Hopefully the yen goes down the toilet alongside the
dollar and they remain affordable.

I'd have been happy paying $25 locally for them, but the LBS only
stocks tragically slow gumwall tires in that width. I've been making
excuses all day to do errands on them, out the door now to barter
gumbo for brake housing at the LBS...

On Apr 24, 6:41 pm, landotter wrote:

I've heard complaints about bead blow outs on these and indeed I had
one as I brought my rear up to pressure, despite visual vigilance--
turns out to just be the bead not seating due to the tires being
folded for shipping. The quality is Japanese and flawless as usual.

That was my experience with Paselas. I bought a pair. One could not
stay on a rim for longer than 4 hours without blowing out a bead.
Fortunately, this did not happen while I was riding. The other would
stay on to some rims, but not others.

I never was able to get any miles on them. They're basically wall
ornaments now.

On Apr 25, 1:05 pm, Anthony DeLorenzo
wrote:
On Apr 24, 6:41 pm, landotter wrote:

I've heard complaints about bead blow outs on these and indeed I had
one as I brought my rear up to pressure, despite visual vigilance--
turns out to just be the bead not seating due to the tires being
folded for shipping. The quality is Japanese and flawless as usual.

That was my experience with Paselas. I bought a pair. One could not
stay on a rim for longer than 4 hours without blowing out a bead.
Fortunately, this did not happen while I was riding. The other would
stay on to some rims, but not others.


Which size Pasela, how long ago, and had they been folded before you
mounted them?

I never was able to get any miles on them. They're basically wall
ornaments now.

Maybe, maybe not--if they're wire bead with just a little kink in the
bead, easy to solve. Mine have been mounted up for 24 hours after I
fixed the bead issue with 100psi and several rides with no issues.
They appear to be made very straight--I can't imagine a run "running
large".

On Apr 25, 12:20 pm, landotter wrote:
On Apr 25, 1:05 pm, Anthony DeLorenzo

That was my experience with Paselas. I bought a pair. One could not
stay on a rim for longer than 4 hours without blowing out a bead.
Fortunately, this did not happen while I was riding. The other would
stay on to some rims, but not others.

Which size Pasela, how long ago, and had they been folded before you
mounted them?

They were 700x35 with Kevlar beads, so they came folded. I bought them
last spring, tried to put them on several different bikes with
multiple rims. Gave up, then tried again this spring on my road bike.
I managed to have one hold on to the back, but the front one blew out
again.

I replaced them with Vittoria Rando tires, 700x37. So far about 500 km
and very happy.

I never was able to get any miles on them. They're basically wall
ornaments now.

Maybe, maybe not--if they're wire bead with just a little kink in the
bead, easy to solve. Mine have been mounted up for 24 hours after I
fixed the bead issue with 100psi and several rides with no issues.
They appear to be made very straight--I can't imagine a run "running
large".

My Kevlar beaded ones are basically all kinks. I suppose that the
repeated blowoffs could have wrecked the beads.

At this point, even if I could "fix" the problem I no longer trust the
tires.

Regards,
Anthony

On Apr 28, 2:47 pm, Anthony DeLorenzo
wrote:
On Apr 25, 12:20 pm, landotter wrote:

On Apr 25, 1:05 pm, Anthony DeLorenzo
That was my experience with Paselas. I bought a pair. One could not
stay on a rim for longer than 4 hours without blowing out a bead.
Fortunately, this did not happen while I was riding. The other would
stay on to some rims, but not others.

Which size Pasela, how long ago, and had they been folded before you
mounted them?

They were 700x35 with Kevlar beads, so they came folded. I bought them
last spring, tried to put them on several different bikes with
multiple rims. Gave up, then tried again this spring on my road bike.
I managed to have one hold on to the back, but the front one blew out
again.

I replaced them with Vittoria Rando tires, 700x37. So far about 500 km
and very happy.

My Kevlar beaded ones are basically all kinks. I suppose that the
repeated blowoffs could have wrecked the beads.

I doubt it. I guess it could have been a bad batch. I've only dealt
with a couple kevlar beaded tires, and they weren't my own, and I
found them floppy and hard to manage, so I've felt happy to save the
money by staying with wire beaded stuff. That said, I did get them on
w/o a blowout, but it sure took a lot longer than wire beads.

holy squid ! i'm going back to the garage this week. I'll cut off a
section and ship it down forthwith.
Google jettisoned my last post praising Panaracer for design
sophistication for producing radially suspended tread surfaces.
reads like the twilight zone here.