On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 05:19 -0700, Bruce wrote: > In a bit of thread drift, > > This was my 1st exposure to ebikestop (a nice side benefit of this > list is the stream of suggestions from the memebers. Thanks people.) > and I poked around the tire pages. They offer a Panaracer Randonee > tire (60 psi max, 1 3/8" x 26") which I was tempted to try on my > Rambouillet. The RBW charts list 1.3" as the max, so I picked up a > pair of original equipment Pasela TGs (26" x 32 mm) instead. Has > anyone used the Randonee tire and care to opine on it?
This appears to be the 650A version of the Col de la Vie. 26 x 1 3/8 is NOT the same size as 559 MTB. You really need to read this article: http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html#fractiondecimal > Note that the inch-based designations sometimes express the > width in a decimal (26 x 1.75) and sometimes as a common > fraction (26 x 1 3/4). This is the most common cause of > mismatches. Although these size designations are > mathematically equal, they refer to different size tires, > which are NOT interchangeable. It is dangerous to generalize > when talking about tire sizing, but I would confidently state > the following: > > Brown's Law Of Tire Sizing: > If two tires are marked with sizes that are > mathematically equal, > but one is expressed as a decimal and the other as a > fraction, > these two tires will not be interchangeable. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
