Indeed, I'm not going to contest that.

Most folks seem to forget that the 27" size never did take off as a racing tire to start with - compared with 700C, anyway. It had its heyday in racing, but not within the last 25 years - wherein it might have benefited from new uber-lightweight compounds and construction. Instead, the tourers ran with it, and that's what we've got today: A very suitable lineup of all-purpose sport-touring tires that you can go pretty darn fast on. The Pasela isn't a slouch, I don't care what its weight is (and just like its expensive racing cousins, it gets sidewall tears easy ).

It's akin to expecting extremely high-performance 590mm EA3 tires; best you'll get are some peppy Schwalbes that weigh a bit more than a Gommitalia Targa, but if you're fiddling with 590 in the first place, the Gommitalia Targa wouldn't be the type of tire you'd be considering in the furst place.

-Kurt