Thanks for being the early adopter/reporter, Steve. I think I'm going to give the Zeppelins and Hetres a whirl.
(Over the weekend I further explored the joy of trails. The trail ended. My choice was to hike back or follow a stream and see where it went. Fortunately it took me back to civilization. That was fun.) Ryan On May 11, 2:11 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 13:49 -0700, Damian wrote: > > Lovely, how do you like the Hetres? How tough are they? > > They are marvelous. They're very fast, they're very cushy, they have a > lot of grip and they give me a marvelous sense of confidence on gravel > roads. I can't say enough good things about them. > > I've got just under 200 miles on them now: a 55 mile road ride where I > averaged at least 1 mph faster than I've ever done on this bike in over > 10,000 miles, and two paved/unpaved rides of roughly 40 miles each. The > dirt roads were all fairly well maintained hardpack with some washboard, > some loose gravel and some potholes, but no large stones and nothing > that looked like rip-rap. The tires show no wear, but of course at 200 > miles you wouldn't expect to see any. > > Some say be careful on dirt, because Hetres have sidewalls that are > fragile: thin and unarmored. I believe that's true, and I can see that > in some conditions they would be quite vulnerable. Fortunately, that > doesn't describe any of the dirt roads I ride on. > > The ride on rough roads is incredible. You go out of your way to ride > over rough stuff just to laugh about it. You don't slow down when the > pavement changes from blacktop to gravel. > > This is what 650B is all about. Fine as the 32mm tires are, and nice as > it is to have small wheels to fit small people on little frames and > still have room for a plump tire, that's not what makes this size great, > it's tires like the Hetre. If there's anything even remotely like this > tire in the 700C world I am unaware of it: big fat monsters that roll > like a Michelin racing tire and ride like a 5 series BMW and can support > a 200 pounder on 45 psi. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
