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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. |
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Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas
you bought those damn tires with the white sidewalls made from recycled sweat socks ? |
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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! |
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Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas
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 |
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Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas
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... |
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Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas
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. |
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Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas
MOST bike tires are optimistically labelled!!!! I bought Conti
Contact in 32 and they are at most 28. Top Touring @ 37 are maybe 35. Panaracer Urban max are uner size as well. Why cant they just label themhonestly!!!!!! On Apr 24, 9:41*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? 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. |
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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". |
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Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas
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MOST bike tires are optimistically labelled!!!! I bought Conti Contact in 32 and they are at most 28. Top Touring @ 37 are maybe 35. Panaracer Urban max are uner size as well. Why cant they just label them honestly!!!!!! Mislabeling tires became common practice in the '80s after it was found easier to lighten a tire by making it smaller than by other means. My wife's "700x28" Conti Ultra-Super-Duper-Sports are more like 26mm wide, for instance. Panaracer Paselas used to be as guilty of this as any other tire-- all the 32s I have ever bought were actually 28s, and all the 35s were in fact 32s. Sheldon Brown mentioned this phenomenon in his article on tire sizing: http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html#dishonest Chalo |
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Heads up on those $13 Nashbar Paselas
On Apr 25, 3:52 pm, Chalo wrote:
Mislabeling tires became common practice in the '80s after it was found easier to lighten a tire by making it smaller than by other means. My wife's "700x28" Conti Ultra-Super-Duper-Sports are more like 26mm wide, for instance. And isn't it interesting that they assume - probably correctly - that more customers would complain about a little less "lightness" than they expected, rather than about getting less cushioning than they expected? I figure that's because Buycycling magazine tells them light tires are sexy, and tires that are wider than the "smooth road absolute minimum" are boring. - Frank Krygowski |
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