Lascauxcaveman - How'd you like those Fortes? There is a Performance on my commute, and I think they had them on sale for about $12 for the regular or $15 for the Kevlar belted and 27" in stock in both when I was in there this weekend. It'd be a lot quicker than waiting for another Niagra order (my last one took over a week and a half to show up), as I'm trying to have this bike in shape and ready to go with some practice time going from a mountain to a road bike for a ride at the end of June.

Dailycommute - agree on the blacks, the Paselas I ordered were the blackwall version. I really liked the whitewalls of the Michelins that were on it, but I can't find anything in that size that isn't black or brown/tan walled.