Gonna bump this thread and say thanks for the link to the Performance brand tires. I'm pretty involved in many aspects of the bike world these days so it's been tough to keep a solid pulse on what's going on in the road world specifically. My buddy's been chomping at the bit to get a road bike so we went and picked one up from Craigslist today and I did a general service and bartape replacement this afternoon and we took it out for a first ride tonight. It's a GREAT vintage Trek and it rides soooo smooth and quiet, but it needs tires, badly, and inexpensive ones at that. I'll give the Performance tires a try, they'll do for the rest of the season.