Originally Posted by
kingston
When I first started riding compass tires I thought I would just use them for brevets. In the grand scheme of things I have found that swapping tires for a single ride isn't worth the hassle for me unless I have multiple wheel sets for that bike.
I do have a separate wheelset to use so that will help I think. Thanks for the info before about the barlow pass EL being close to the GK slick. I mentioned I saw 32mm GK at $35/pc. That's way cheaper then the Rene Herse!! So do you keep using the fancy tires or are you back to something cheaper?
Since I log my rides with Strava I had the ability to compare older rides. These Maxxis tires are pretty quick, especially when you consider their size. My century yesterday was a little above average speed wise, and I was above average for a lot of the segments. I only had 350 base miles down, having stopped riding from mid December and only restarting the last week of February.