Dale is correct, they make a "blimp" sound, but so far have not deformed into an ariship envelope. From Wikipedia: The term "blimp" is reportedly onomatopoeic, the sound the airship makes when one taps the envelope (balloon) with a finger. Although there is some disagreement among historians, credit for coining the term is usually given to Lt. A.D. Conningham of the British Royal Navy in 1915. Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA
----- Original Message Follows ----- From: Dale Brown To: aldoross4@siscom.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Cerf Blue Update Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:37:02 -0500
> Aldo wrote, in his poetic fashion:
> << They go "blimp" if you tap them just right, same
as
> my old Del Mondo setas. >>
>
> I am pretty certain that he meant that the tires, when
> thumped,? make a sound like the word "blimp", rather than
> literally blow up into a huge blimp-like size.? :)
>
> (What is the term used for a word that sounds like, when
> spoken, the phenomenon it describes?)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aldoross4
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 8:28 am
> Subject: [CR]Cerf Blue Update
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, I've had the Grand Bois 26mm Cerf Blue tires
> in service for two weeks now, and so far - so good.
> Rather than baby them along, I introduced them almost
> immediately to the thrilling world of Ohio Roads in
> Winter, so in two weeks time they've seen a couple
hundred
> miles with temps ranging from 23F to 66F, ice,
snow,
> rain, salt, gravel, mud, silt, carrion, glass, sticks,
> and pot holes the size of your head. In all cases the
> tires have behaved admirably.
> The look and feel is very much like the high-end
> tubulars I remember from the 1980s - very comfortable,
> not too bouncy and not too abusive, low rolling
resistance
> , good grip on in all conditions so far. They go
> "blimp" if you tap them just right, same as my old Del
> Mondo setas. Since installing them on my Assenmacher
> I've been able to stay with the fast group (at least
until
> the hardest climbs when my advanced weight still
holds
> me back). That's
> something I haven't been able to do for quite some
> time.
> I'm guessing the Cerf Blue are
> worth at least a mile per hour over the
> similarly-dimensioned Panaracer Pasela Tour Guards
they
> replaced. I haven't done any "scientific testing" yet,
> but I can most certainly feel an improvement.
> No visible wear or cuts
> yet on either tire - perhaps that's just luck, but
time
> will tell, as there's lots of junk on the roads this time
> of year...
> Yesterday's ride included a bit of wading - the bike
> trail was partially flooded about midway to my
turn-around
> point, but I thought I'd try fording, expecting the
> water to be a few inches deep. About 200 feet later
> the river was up over the axles, and I opted to stop
> and turn around rather than risk riding off the invisible
> trail into
> the mud. Oh, well... it was probably about time to
> check the grease in the hubs and bb anyway. Would
like
> to say I came out with rainbow trout netted in the
> spokes, but all I caught was some duck weed a good
> freezing soak up to the knees. What fun! ;-)
> Another Cerf Blue follow-up in a few weeks.
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio, USA
>
>
>
>
> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---
> multipart/alternative
> text/plain (text body -- kept)
> text/html
> ---
> _______________________________________________
> Classicrendezvous mailing list
> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
http://www.bikelist.org/