I was just looking at these online. Apparently, they're a new product...or I'm becoming less observant.

Has anyone here seen these in person or ridden them? Curious about the ride and quality. I see they're available in a large range of 26" and 700 sizes.

Haha, crazy old Panaracer:

140x?

Yeah, they`re fairly new. I haven`t tried them, but I was considering them for my last tire purchase (went with Pasela TGs again) and I did find a few reviews through Google- mostly positive. There were a few mentions on the bf commuter forum as well. Decent price, too. Give `em a shot and report back, please!

Looks like it would ride like a truck. The panaracer pasela TG folding tire is a pretty decent tire that doesn't have a harsh ride and isn't slow.

I've been using some 26x1.25 ribmo's for about a thousand miles now; great tires. No punctures yet and I take them into some pretty harsh stuff. They ride fast and were a "noticeable" weight difference from some schwalbe marathon plus' that I had on before. If the price is good, get 'em!

Have them on my commuter. Very nice tires, nearly slick road profile, no punctures or rips or tears, and I ride through some interesting stuff.

I've been riding on Conti GP 4 Seasons, in 700x28C, for the past few months; but at 275# I'm a Clyde, and even at 120psi these have produced some pinches at inopportune times/places. So, my question is this:

Anyone fitted-and-ridden the Panaracer RiBMo in 700x32C on a 1985 Trek 600?

I am curious what you are basing that impression on. Care to elaborate?

I also have 26 x 1.25 RibMo's on my Cannondale Mountain Tandem and like them for the low weight, fast rolling, and high puncture protection. Fantastic tire. Fair price. Only have 400 miles on them so far, but imagine they will last a long time.

I just finished a 1300 miles tour with a 28mm Pracer Tserve front and 32mm Pracer Ribmos on the rear and trailer. I loved the Tserve and the Ribmos. No flats-though I did pull a staple out of my rear Ribmo after I heard it rubbing the fender as it rolled along.

The defining characteristic of the Ribmos is the triangularish cross section to the tread which gives the tires a good 1/4" (6mm) of rubber along the center. This thickness, more than any of the fancy kevlar/aramid layers, give the tires good flat protection (maybe 100x? ). I've heard of Ribmos lasting 8000 miles a set. With 1500 miles on my rear tire and little wear showing, 8000 seems reasonable.

The Ribmos did not ride like a truck for me. The tire is heavy but most of that weight is in the center rubber, the sidewalls were reasonably supple for a 32mm tire that can run 100psi. (I'm excited when after 5000 miles the tires are nice and light!)

These tires are slicks so I noticed a speed boost from the more treaded 28mm Tserv and 28mm Conti Contacts I've used previously. They had good grip in the rain. They even worked OK off-road the one day I did 30 miles of backwoods riding. When I say off road I mean logging trails with sand, gravel, and rock gardens. Gravel roads and rail trails are cake for these tires.

I bought these tires because I wanted a slick, flat resistant, long wearing, and nice handing tire for little money. (23 per through J&B) They've definitely delivered. (No I don't work for Panaracer)

I fit and rode the Ribmo in 700x32 on a 1985 Trek 760. Is that close enough? The frame had very tight criterium geometry so I could only fit the 32mm Ribmo on the rear. The Ribmo front tire rubbed on the crown a bit so I used a 28mm Tserv. After my rear tire has worn down a couple mm's I'm planning on swaping it to the front.

Myself and my trailer's contribution weighed about #225 and I ran the rear Ribmo at 100psi during my tour. The tire felt fast and stable with this loading. Not too loaded down at all. My 28mm Conti Contacts were really only 25mm so if the same holds true for your GP 4s, IMHO you could see more pinch flat resistance with the Ribmos.

I looked at the pasela TG but decided that the Ribmo would be faster and last longer due to it's slick tread. (I'm with Jobst Brandt on this one.) Both tires have folding beads and similar prices. Having never tried the pasela TG I don't know how their rides compare. I do know that the pasela TG has a thinner sidewall (too thin my researches lead me to believe). The Ribmo has the same sidewalls and casing as the Tserv.

Sorry for taking over the thread...

sound like a better version of the Schwinn Le Tour tire from 30yrs ago.

My LBS has become very enthusiastic about them, and now stocks them instead of the Pasela. I may try them at some point.

Close, but no cigar.

My order of two Ribmo 700x32C tires arrived this morning, from Ben's Cycle, and I immediately installed one in place of the Conti GP 4 Seasons on the rear wheel. Seems the extra crowning material ate-up all the clearance, and there was no rotatio to be had. So, uninstall the new, and reinstall the old. I should've paid more attention back in high school, during geometry class. Sigh.

That was a quick $80 (S/H included).

Mr. Spin Sez: Guess you'll have to find a new bike!

Bummer. Perhaps I should have mentioned the measures I had to take to get the tire to fit. I keep the tire well forward in the dropout as it rubs when further back. I also had to retension my wheel as it was slightly out of round. This let the tire clear the frame, but the arch of my rear brake caliper still rubbed so I filed one of the mounting washers into a wedge so the brake left the frame at an angle. With this, I had a whopping 1mm of clearance! Good enough for good times, though I did have to make a custom fender.