[MENTION=152773]noglider[/MENTION]: I thought I was being downright inarticulate, by comparison, when conveying my giddiness.

The tires are indeed quite mind-boggling.

I made the tactical decision to put a set on my wife's bike first, in anticipation of the standard reaction to my jubilant enthusiasm from that pessimistic naysayer and incorrigible vulture of ill-omen. Being British, her upper lip is virtually paralytic with rigor mortis, parting only enough to emit derision and skepticism, punctuated by choice tidbits of bitter and sarcastic commentary. But even she recognized the improvement, and all was well in the family until she found the LBS sales receipt and realized the price I had quoted her must have been in Pounds Sterling, not worthless California dollars.

When I told her it was the most plush ride I have ever experienced with my clothes on, she was characteristically impassive.