Attention: re Blossom

[sandra]

Blossom is at the LBS getting all fixed up. Albatross bars, Nitto stem, brake levers, cables and housing. Everything but tires. I wanted the old gumwall tires and they only had them in 26 X 1 1/8. I want 26 X 1 1/4

I pick her up at 4 today and I'm as excited as I was when I first got her.

Tire recommendations anyone? I want tan gumwall, not skin wall.

[sandra]

[sandra]

[sandra]

OLD Blossom

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Holy COW, what a transformation!!!!!!!!

You have yourself one gorgeous bike there, girl.


Tires?- I myself use these:
http://harriscyclery.net/itemdetails...gId=39&id=1731
The Pasela Panaracer with TG (tourguard flat-protection inner belt)- I get the 700x28 size. They have gotten excellent reviews for both speed and puncture resisitance. I'm on my 2nd set now and I like them very well. The 28c width is excellent for paved roads AND it can ride rough gravel too. Wider is really overkill and thinner starts taking a chance on flat tires if you ride nasty surfaces or lots of potholes. Note they state 105psi inflation- that's "maximum" and I always keep them at about 95 for a nicer ride....95 is plenty hard for those tires. Remember the fatter the tire the lower the air pressure it can take.

Another nice puncture resistant tire to consider would be the Rivendell Ruffy Tuffy, but they are substancially more expensive than the Panaracers and I don't think they are actually any better. My DH likes them.
Both tires have tan sidewalls.
On our bike page, the photos of my bike from 2006 show Pasela Panaracers of 700x38- a real wide tire that I found to be perfectly fine but just much wider and fatter than I needed. In the 2007 pix, you see my bike with the same tires but in 700x28 size- a perfect all around size for varied terrain. You can see the big difference in width in the two front wheel head-on shots from 2006 and 2007.
The pix of my DH's bikes show his Ruffy Tuffy's I believe. They are listed as 700x27c but are closer to 28 in actual width.

[Tri Girl]

Wow! She looks a million times better than she did before!!! I LOVE the new saddle, bars, and grips. Man- I might come steal her from you when you're not looking.

[uforgot]

Hey, listen to Lisa. She recommended those tires to me and they were terrific on my Bianchi! Gumwall too, just like you want.

Blossom sure looks purdy.

[uforgot]

Wow! She looks a million times better than she did before!!! I LOVE the new saddle, bars, and grips. Man- I might come steal her from you when you're not looking.

Bring a truck. Pretty soon you will have 10-15 mixtes to choose from!

[sandra]

Lisa, I love those tires, and would get them, but will a 700 X 28 fit when my bike uses a 26 X 1 1/4? I find lots of 700 tires but not as much selection in a 26.

[sandra]

Bring a truck. Pretty soon you will have 10-15 mixtes to choose from!

You hush up girl. Not quite that many.

[uforgot]

Sandra: Are you sure it isn't 27 X 1 1/4? The Panaracers come in that size. Try Wallingford, ebay or Amazon. I think I got mine at Amazon.

[sandra]

DUH! Of course they are 27 X 1/14. I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe about a seatpost that is 26.2.

[KnottedYet]

Beautiful! Beautiful!! Beautiful!!!!

[smilingcat]

Wow Sandra,

Blossom looks beautiful. Much much better with the Albatross bar instead of the flat bar. And the Brooks saddle looks much more appropriate.

The gumwall tire and the grip on the bar really finish the look.

Congratulation and many happy miles.

Smilingcat

[Blueberry]

What a beauty!! And I love the name by the way!

If you haven't already, you'll raise the value of all mixte's on the market!

CA