Originally Posted by
MrEss
This looks great -- and I can't resist a Bridgestone road bike with fat tires!
Question for everybody complaining about the ride/sluggishness of big Paselas... are you using the TourGuard ones with the kevlar belt?
We've got an MB-2 here built up as a road bike with 559x38c (26x1.5") Paselas, NON-TourGuard. They're _very_ cushy but feel almost as fast as the Challenge Parigi-Roubaix tires on my bike.
Wondering if the sluggishness is from the 700c size or from the kevlar belt. Hoping for the latter. :-)
Non-TG still feel a bit sluggish when compared to higher end tires. I had gatorskins on my bike, which were a noticeable improvement over Paselas, and gators aren't even nice rolling tires. I then switched to 700x28 Rubino Pro IIIs and those are much better than the others.