Originally Posted by Puck90a

Took my bike for an 8 mile ride today on the new Kenda 35c tires. Here's the ride report (and I have ridden on them some other days on various road qualities).

They are noticeably slower than the 28c's. They don't glide as well. I was running higher pressure in the 28c's too, about 85psi. I'm running 65psi in the Kenda's. I might bump that up and experiment some, but I think the added width is adding to the slowness, because I remember running 65 in the 28c's and not feeling as slow.

But that's where the negative ends. They feel much more safe and stable. The bike doesn't get caught in parallel cracks in the road and scare me as much. Traction feels better. I can slowly go up curbs and not feel like I'm tearing the bike up. The tires feel like they give the bike a much less abusive ride, and they fit my road conditions much better than the 28c's, and they aren't horribly slow. As far as my comfort level, they are still far from feeling like a cadillac. The road is still bumpy and uncomfortable, but the tires do seem to take the edge off. I'm satisfied with the purchase.

When I got back from my ride I saw that my presta savers had quickly arrived in the mail. I dismounted the wheels and took off the tires again. As I suspected, the valve won't go far enough through the rim with the adapter on to get the bike pump seated on the valve. I had to pull pretty hard on them before, so I'm sure they were herniating through the hole some, because that's what allowed me to pull enough length through the hole to get the pump on the valve. The saver doesn't allow that, so the valves are indeed too short at 36mm. So I just ordered four Kenda 35-43c tubes with 48mm presta valves. So the saga continues.

I'm not going to bother putting the wheels back on the bike with faulty tubes, so I'm just gonna decommission it until the new tubes come at the end of the week. Sad.

Screw walmart. They never have what I want. But oddly enough, if I buy something online assuming walmart won't have it (like some wahl hair clippers and attachment set), BOOM, there it is in the aisle at Walmart two days later for the same price.