I'll second this feeling.
The 700C Grand Bois tires I got from Vintage Bike have such a 'light' feel, it's odd to look down and see how fat they are ! My old Grand Record with these tires, which I mounted on 'new' Velocity Aerohead rims, is such a joy to ride on long hauls. The super skinny tires are fine for 20-30 miles, but 100 mile days are so much nicer with this setup. The high scores for these tires from Jan's tests reported on rolling resistance in a recent issue of VB really translated into noticeable difference in performance. Until I rode them, I had been quite skeptical that such a difference could be possible
Rich Pinder
Van Nuys, CA
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> Subjectively, nominal 30mm Grand Bois tires at ~90psi feel very fast to me.
> Even compared to 20mm skinnies pumped up to 120+psi. And not getting beat
> up and having to lift your butt of the saddle for every bump is fast in a
> secondary/tertiary way I think. Plus good fat tires seem to corner faster-
> which is a flavor of fast and I'm less apt to consciously slow when I get to
> some funky road surface on wides.
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> Kurt Sperry