I just bought a set because of this thread. I am excited to try them out.

Pásela-- "pass it" in Spanish.

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Ode to Bicycles

I was walking
down
a sizzling road:
the sun popped like
a field of blazing maize,
the
earth
was hot,
an infinite circle
with an empty
blue sky overhead.

A few bicycles
passed
me by,
the only
insects
in
that dry
moment of summer,
silent,
swift,
translucent;
they
barely stirred
the air.

Workers and girls
were riding to their
factories,
giving
their eyes
to summer,
their heads to the sky,
sitting on the
hard
beetle backs
of the whirling
bicycles
that whirred
as they rode by
bridges, rosebushes, brambles
and midday.

I thought about evening when the boys
wash up,
sing, eat, raise
a cup
of wine
in honor
of love
and life,
and waiting
at the door,
the bicycle,
stilled,
because
only moving
does it have a soul,
and fallen there
it isn't
a translucent insect
humming
through summer
but
a cold
skeleton
that will return to
life
only
when it's needed,
when it's light,
that is,
with
the
resurrection
of each day.

-Pablo Neruda

I have this fear that if the all-black ones get popular enough, Panaracer will stop bothering with the skinwall ones. Irrational, right?

As mentioned in another thread I ran over a pin badge (the kind where the pin sticks straight up, like a tack) with my Pasela TGs. It was in deep, but I pulled it out on continued riding. A month later and still no flat! Moral of the story: I don't care if TGs are heavy.

Folding Kevlar TG models in tan sidewalls are great in all the conditions I ride in. Slightly heavier than many others, but we have cactus needles and worse everywhere on the roads here and these tires are tough. Nice wide profile in the 28mm sizes, but the 25mm has a good sized footprint too and gives a nice comfortable ride and grip. The wire bead ones are a bit heavier,...

Wow. Pablo Neruda reference. Thanks for the Pasela.

Yes, different tires have different sounds. I still remember hwo my Specialized Turbo S and VS tires used to make their own type of whooshing jet-like sounds. I haven't heard the same from my other tires that I used after them (Hutchinsons, Vittorias and Schwalbes). They all make some sort of sound in varying volumes but not as nice as how the Turbos sounded. Michelin Bibsport TS120s also made nice road music.....

Chombi

I use the Tourguard for commuting. They are a bit heavier but I don't notice a major difference in ride quality. I like them.

Nice! Thank you for posting that.

Oh, I like Paselas too:

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I've got two bikes with them - the quick commuter has 27X1-1/4's, the road bike has 700X25's. I took the road bike (well, they all are, but my "fast" road bike) on a metric century with the local bike club (my first club ride) and, aside from making the mistake of not breaking in my Brooks Pro and not using padded shorts (i.e. butt hatchet), it was great, and I was able to keep up with carbon wonder bikes with my 12 speed mid-line Nishiki Modulus. The tires certainly didn't let me down in the least. Took the other paselas out with the club last night on their "social" ride. Thought I was going to murder myself out of boredom (honestly, have NEVER used my brakes so much in my life) and loved it. Others were ducking gravel and such, but I was just rolling through with my wide tires and such. Good stuff.

I happened to snap a pic of my ST400 with the new TG's tonight so thought I'd post it. I've had slipping issues with the smooth Continental Gatorskin surface so I'm glad to have the light tread on these. For touring tires they seem lighter than most and the tread seems to wrap enough that the sidewalls should be pretty well protected from most rocks.

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I notice that, but not really sure if it's a good sign or not. They are a nice for a vintage ride, but I look elsewhere for a go fast experience. They are great for a slightly wider tire on an all purpose bike though. My fender equipped bikes all ride on Paselas.

I find that the wire bead ones are a little "large", compared to other tires. I've actually blown some off beaded rims due to overinflation at what would be conservative pressures for some other tires. Oddly enough, on straight walled rims with reasonable pressures they hang on better than most others I've tried. Go figure...

post the URL for the Pasela FB group

I can't be the only one who doesn't like these tires.

I just put 26 X 1.75 Paselas on my MB-2. I was going to take that bike to the swap this coming weekend, but I like it enough with those tires to keep it for a while.

Yes I love that sound too.I can hear it mostly on my morning commute at 4:00 A.M. when there is very little traffic. The Specialized Nimbus tires I have on my commuter make a cool sound too and they roll really well. They area different version of the Armadillos that Specialized makes

Surprisingly, if you get the folding TG version, they are lighter than the regular version: 360 vs 390g for the 27 x 1 1/4".

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I've been kind of underwhelmed by them too. I picked up a set of the Pasela TG folding/aramid bead tires in 27 x 1 1/4" for my Miyata 210 to replace a cheap pair of Kenda K35 gumwalls that I have put many many miles on (they were still in good usable condition and I've moved them to another bike). It's probably just me, but they didn't seem to really offer a noticeable improvement. I have been very impressed with Schwalbe tires and their performance increases seem to be worth the high price, but I just haven't really noticed it with the Paselas, yet at least. Not really trying to be a naysayer in an ode to the pasela thread, just throwing in my 2 cents.

While it seems likely that is the case, you are a small minority. Even I like Pasela tires. :)

I love them. I seem to find a way to cut a sidewall every 1000 miles or so. Otherwise they are great. We've covered over 2000 miles on our tandem without a flat (quick, bite tongue!). As for the...what? Did you say something?

Another Pasela datum: it's the only decent tire in current production for the front wheel of a small Terry-style roadbike.

I have folding 28mm Tourguards on my commuter. Great tires.

I've never tried them. My brother disses them however and he has some... likes Gators much better. I'll probably grab a pair for the Trek commuter I am putting back together.

Ive been using the ones on my trek for awhile now and felt a bump in the wheel about 3 weeks ago, they are great tires!!
Funny this tire also has no more tread on it...

Man if they made them in a 26x1 3/8 size for my raleigh I would be in heaven.


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The Panaracer Col de la Vie Randonneur tire in 26x1 3/8 (ISO 590) size is pretty similar.