I'm a big fan of Jack Brown Greens and have ridden them for ~5k miles. I get fewer flats with the Jack Brown's than any of the skinny tires I ride (Rolly Polly's and & Michelin Pro Race II's). I'm guessing I average ~1200 miles per flat. I ride mainly on the roads in Northern CA.
-JimD Now of course, I will have jinxed myself with the flats gods, better check on my spare tubes/patches kit. On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:29 AM, James Warren wrote: > > Actually, the friend that Jim Edgar was referring to was me, but he > missed the details a bit. It was since October 2007 and the JB Green > tires were moved over to an Atlantis, not a Quickbeam. > > But since Jim was kind enough to help me avoid the jinx, I'll do him > the same favor: I know for a fact that he hasn't had a flat on his JB > Greens and was using them since September 2007 on his Hilsen and now > has them on his Quickbeam. > > -James, another lucky one > > p.s. I ride mine on fire trails quite a bit. > > On Jan 24, 2009, at 11:08 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > >> >> on 1/24/09 6:10 PM, Todd Olsen at todd_ol...@comcast.net wrote: >> >>> I got the Jack Brown Greens, but when those wear out, I will >>> probably >>> get something a little thicker, Pasela, because i have gotten too >>> many >>> flats (6-7 in only 350 miles). >> >> I know better than to reply to this directly, but I have >> this....friend... >> who got JB Greens on his Hilsen in September of 2007, has run them on >> all >> sorts of conditions and now runs them on his Quickbeam. He cannot >> recall >> having those flats. >> >> As always, YMMV with flats. But, I would recommend checking your >> tubes. If >> you have tubes from smaller size (23 - 28 mm's), I've found those to >> be a >> bit more susceptible to flats (especially pinch-type) than a larger >> tube. >> That does seem like a lot of flats in a short distance - rim tape ok? >> no >> burrs at the valve hole? >> >>> >>> Also, if you think you might ride off road a bit, consider 172.5 or >>> 170 crank rather than 175. I bang my pedals into rocks and the side >>> of the trail quite a bit, and perhaps a little shorter crank will >>> be a >>> little safer. or maybe i should just pay attention a little better. >> >> I thought the stock Sugino cranks were 170's. That's what came on >> mine. I'm >> now running 172.5's in C. Xavier Hilsen mode. I bang them less often >> than >> will my earlier Lemond cross frame. It does take a ride or two to >> recalibrate foot position. >> >> - Jim >> >> -- >> Jim Edgar >> cyclofi...@earthlink.net >> >> “Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly >> mice. >> They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights >> through a >> desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having >> taken a >> one-hour bicycle ride.” - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" >> >> Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com >> Current Classics - Cross Bikes >> Singlespeed - Working Bikes >> >> Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/ >> guidelines >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
