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In a moment of drunken flashness I ordered since switch back hills from compass. Regretted the purchase immediately but did not cancel it... Anyway, they arrived yesterday. I thought I had strong thumbs but these were pretty painful to mount on Panceti rims. Reckon slightly deeper rims would be easier.
Once they were on the beads popped in nice and tight and they inflated perfectly first time. Tubes in at the moment but will test tubeless within the next couple of weeks.
Running 28/32 psi and they feel nice and soft without being squishy. Grip on the road is much improved over the Thunder Burts I was running and the liveliness (shimmy basically) at the front end has disappeared which was a very nice surprise. Interestingly they seem to roll on tarmac only as well as the Thunder Burts... a 10km commute into work isn't really the best place to test these but looking at my ave times across a bunch of segments and they look on par with the semi-noblies. Maybe I was tired this morning but I was not expecting that. Let's see how things shake down after a few longer rides.
Over all impression is very good but not overwhelmed with fanboi compass love quite yet... The feeling I had when I changed from 25mm Continental 4 seasons to 25mm Vittoria open tubs was a revelation. Was hoping to re-create that feeling... so far have not.
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