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by King Weel on Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:46 am

That is true, but my weight will not change that much overnight (I hope) nor the weight of my bike (on the contrary, it is getting lighter bit by bit), so the only possible difference occurs when trying different tire pressures; so you can say to some extent that there is some rolling resistant that is constant more or less. Moreover, I think I can feel a reduction of my output more than a more powerful rider does, although his reduction is more due to his higher weight. Compare to your income tax (o hell, why should you...); the more you earn, the more they sue you, since to their opinion, you do not appreciate that extra euro/dollar that much. Forget it, The Nokians are favorite now, going to replace the Ralphs for these babies!
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by JK on Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:22 pm

Ah, well, if you do not like them, you can allways sell them to me :wink:

I am curious where you are going to buy them, by the way, because our own Dutch online retail powerhouse 'B2B' does not sell them anymore...
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by King Weel on Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:06 am

Thats true, but they sell other Nokians, so possibly, I can order a pair. Otherwise, I go to Mammoet in The Hague, a good friend of mine works there, maybe he can do something for me; saves me some money as well :D ! Otherwise, Gypzybikz does sell NBX Lites, maybe they have a good offer.
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by alain on Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:03 am

I'm also going for the Nokian now.

I've looked around (mostly Germany and UK) for the best price on a pair of Nokian NBX Lite 2.1 and it's actually the sponsor of this forum that has the best offer right now (29.90€ piece)

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by King Weel on Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:12 pm

Check http://www.bike-components.de/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=72&products_id=5433; although you have to order for at least € 100,00. I don't know about shipping costs, there can be some difference in.
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by alain on Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:11 pm

Talking about Nokian, I just read in a swedish newspaper that the company is selling is bike tyres business. :? It says also that the new owner will hopefully continue to develop the range of products.

The complete story (in English) here :

http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=5800&group=Business
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by flat_chipmunk on Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:51 am

I find low rolling resistance because of light weight but not great traction despite the knobbies compared to other light tires (pythons, etc). Volume is small too so sand performance is not great either.
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