May I, in all sincerity, ask what it is you expect from such a wide tyre?

Hi,

May I, in all sincerity, ask what it is you expect from such a wide tyre?

The reason I ask is that if there's any brand of tyre on this planet that is not going to benefit from this rather idiotic frenzy then it must be Veloflex.

That, plus that silly detail everyone seems so keen on forgetting, you'd also want the right size of rim bed for these to actually be benificial if at all beneficial. Won't hurt much on a rear wheel except for the added weight and a rather doubtful reduction in rolling resistance but that's about it.

Aerodynamics trump rolling resistance. This has been proven time and time again. A wider front tyre is not going to benefit anyone unless you strike that magic where everything aligns to perfection and then some.

Sincerely yours,

anyone had their hands on the new 25mm yet?

I've been drooling over veloflex tires for a decade, but always ended up sticking to MIchelins top of the line 25mm because of the shallow only sizes from veloflex. For the past two seasons i have had my eyes on Challenge's Parigi-Robaix, but i chickened out because they might be a tad too wide for my Merlin CR1 with a RealDesign fork and Challenge's previous problems with quelety control. The 25mm Pro2 i'v been riding for the past 7 years (managed to secure a huge amount of 25mm Pro when the Pro23 came out) measures 26.9 on my open pro rims, and i've seen that the parigi-roubaix would end up beyond 29,6 mm on those rims - too much for my fork and frame.

I'm looking forward to messuring the 25mm Veloflex on a open pro rim since i've just ordered 2 pairs from bike-palast.com at very nice price.

Hi,

Fair enough.
So you want a clincher tyre that is the equivalent of the tubular one that's been designed for Paris-Roubaix races
and go on a randoneur trip with that?

Very stylish, almost aristocratically posh....

Ciao,

Ran into unexpected conditions with my Masters today (might as well be Corsa)!