(just so we're on the same page here
) Is that your experience with Rat Trap Pass tires, or based on something else? This thread is full of anecdotes and assumptions, and sometimes it's not even clear which is which.
Good point. My experience with Compass vs. HS440s & 404s is with the 700c size. Although I have used Compass ELs in 700x32 & 38 exclusively for thousands of miles of randonneuring over the last four seasons, I have never ridden the RTP's. For my 26" bikes I use other tires that I think are more appropriate for the way I use those bikes.