32mm Pasela tested on my uber technical track, now with pedestrians!

[landotter]

Now that I'm within ten pounds of my good fighting weight and the
early season crick has been exercised out of my right knee, I thought
I'd see how fast these fat guys are by taking them on my 4 mile
rolling wetland circuit. It's got a few curves, so not a full on mash
fest and some slowdowns for bridges, but at least no stop lights. My
record is 10:55 on a still day with 23mm Prima 2s. Did 11:10 and
10:59, the first with slowdowns for peds yesterday. As I suspected, if
they're slower than a full bore "sport tire" it isn't enough to matter
for a street rider. FWIW, they're a full minute to minute and a half
faster than a thick gumwall "city" type tire that I tried, which weigh
300g more--but I bet ya it's the casing, not the weight that makes the
difference.

 

[N8N]

On May 8, 9:44 am, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now that I'm within ten pounds of my good fighting weight and the
> early season crick has been exercised out of my right knee, I thought
> I'd see how fast these fat guys are by taking them on my 4 mile
> rolling wetland circuit. It's got a few curves, so not a full on mash
> fest and some slowdowns for bridges, but at least no stop lights. My
> record is 10:55 on a still day with 23mm Prima 2s. Did 11:10 and
> 10:59, the first with slowdowns for peds yesterday. As I suspected, if
> they're slower than a full bore "sport tire" it isn't enough to matter
> for a street rider. FWIW, they're a full minute to minute and a half
> faster than a thick gumwall "city" type tire that I tried, which weigh
> 300g more--but I bet ya it's the casing, not the weight that makes the
> difference.

Mind telling us what your gumwalls were that you were riding? Just
curious...

Yes, I know that probably the best thing I could do to improve my
speed would be to lose about 15 lbs, not buy new tires

nate

 

[landotter]

On May 8, 9:16 am, N8N <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 8, 9:44 am, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Now that I'm within ten pounds of my good fighting weight and the
> > early season crick has been exercised out of my right knee, I thought
> > I'd see how fast these fat guys are by taking them on my 4 mile
> > rolling wetland circuit. It's got a few curves, so not a full on mash
> > fest and some slowdowns for bridges, but at least no stop lights. My
> > record is 10:55 on a still day with 23mm Prima 2s. Did 11:10 and
> > 10:59, the first with slowdowns for peds yesterday. As I suspected, if
> > they're slower than a full bore "sport tire" it isn't enough to matter
> > for a street rider. FWIW, they're a full minute to minute and a half
> > faster than a thick gumwall "city" type tire that I tried, which weigh
> > 300g more--but I bet ya it's the casing, not the weight that makes the
> > difference.
>
> Mind telling us what your gumwalls were that you were riding? Just
> curious...

I slapped on the Contis I pulled off my Dew. Some CountryRides. Same
casing as their City Ride and a few of their other $20 basic tires.
Good for utility bikes for sure, but a miserable casing for sport
riding. Put such tires on your beater that gets locked outside and
left in the sun. Anyway, I tried one ride with them as a control, and
it was just sad.