Panasonic?!

No, actually was Panaracer tires that I saw last week. A friend of mine bought 2x Panaracer Rampage 2.35", 2x CG All Condition 2.35" and 2x CG AM 2.35".

Panaracer should always use pink!

AM 58-559

All-Condition 58-559

In a near future I'll give my point of view about these tires, just like I did before with the OOP Mountain King 2.4" UST, Continental's MK 1st generation.

Green and yellow for excellent and good traction. Red is no good.

Slick is good

Time to time I need to sharpen my driving skills.

This requires a nice music: Send Her To Me by Autograp, 1984

How to...

...make Nobby Nic look good?

I could do something like a comic book where NN has a characteristic that excels it's rivals, making it move forward...

I look terrible!

Don't be afraid... But this was the look after 20km with Panaracer Fire DH Pro 2.3" [55-559]:

I'm realy sorry with the fotos but it's very hard to resize pictures in blogger with Google Chrome. With FireFox I just use the mouse on the pictures corners to resize, like PhotoShop. I could use the html edit thingy but I don't know how to propotionate. It was to be 510px width and height is unknown. Once again, I could use a calculator to see the diference.

I have 2 fotos with 300x400px anda 400x300px.

So, for the 1st case: 300 to 510x is 1.7 times and 400x1.7 is 680px, resolting a picture of 510px by 680px.

For the 2nd case: from 400 to 510px is 1.275 times and 300x1.275 is 383px and the resolt will be 510px by 383px.

Blogger should be easyer!

Road tires

I spend most time rolling on asphalt.

Bacalhau:
Giant Escaper'92 (hardtail), Marzocchi MX Comp ETA 105mm'06, brake Hope M4(f)/Magura HS-11(r), Mavic XM 321(f)/Ritchey rock WCS(r). At that time i used Mavic D521 rear rim.

Panaracer Hi Road S:
13€, size 1.75" (47-559), steel bends, 450g

There it is! My small CrankBros pump.


I bought this Japanese at LBS. I asked for something large enough for my D521 rim. After a long and deep search this friendly tire just hop in to my hands.

Hi-Road S front spec:
It's cool. Good brake power and low ground contact when going forward on asphalt. It grips on turns until you reach 45º. If you go beyond that, there is a serious slippery risk.
This tire doesn't like water and/or sand during the turning process, usually it ends bad.

Hi-Road S rear spec:
Not a fast roller. I guess that is normal to expect from a 1.75" slick tire. There's no difference between Hi-Road S and Hutchinson Python @60psi rolling on asphalt.
Hi-Road S is very save on turns except those tiny, mini roundabouts. In this setup, the tire is more tolerable to water than front setup.

Conclusion:
Panaracer is great on dry weather! It manages asphalt, pavement and cyclo-cross very well. The wet chapter is another story... Hi-Road has a hard rubber, 70a, and is extremely durable.
About the punctures, it happened 3 times but the worst was when i went through a small hole and tubes became flat in no time. I only had one spare tube so i pedal all the way home. After 7km, the Panaracer has the only surviver and it made much more km after that hole. This is a tire with a strong will.

Recommended for training, commuting and great front tire for road mtb or rear tire for cyclo-cross.

Here it is, radar:
Rating:
1 - Run for your lifes!
2 - Below average
3 - Normal/It does the job
4 - Above medium
5 - Outstanding!

Positive:
- large
- great on dry
- durable

Negative:
- wet asphalt is dangerous but then again, they all are

Please comment if you have this product and/or if you agree or not.