Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I've done very well with Vittoria Rando Cross tires. A friend of mine saw how happy I was with mine, and got a pair for his 29er, and loves them.
Speaking of wet weather, I just changed over to quick stop salmon brake pads. So far so good.
Performance bike doesn't carry the Quick Stop Salmon pads, but they do have the Ritchey Red pads (same idea... wet weather pads). Those pads are awsome. I replaced my Shimano (without model name) v-brakes last year with Shimano XT brakes due to corrosion issues after 3 whole winters of use. The XT came with hard pads that started digging groves in my rims during wet weather days. Strangely enough the pads also wore out very fast... so they were hard and agressive, and wore badly. The red pads are very gentile on the rims, and are very good in snow, rain or shine. The pads also are wearing nicely. I get about 2500 (1 year of year around commuting in just about any kids of weather).
Happy riding,
André