I can whole-heartedly recommend the 35mm TG Paselas. Wonderful tires, plush and lively. They measure an actual 37mm on my 22mm rims. Schwalbe Marathon Supremes look nice as well, no actual experience. They are pricey though.
DE On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Ken Yokanovich < reflector.collec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here, here... I'd like to find the equivalent in the 622mm size. I'm > a fan of the 35 Pasela TG's. I tried the 700x42 Schwalbe Marathon > supremes hoping that they would have a similar feel. They are nice > and wide, but don't have the same ride characteristics. I know tire > feel is VERY subjective, but the Schwalbe's felt sluggish at lower > pressures and harsh at higher pressures. I got a pair of the Jack > Brown green tires on my All-Rounder. They feel great, love the ride, > but I'd like another 10-15mm. Arguably, the niche for large volume, > light-weight tires is small. The only bike in the Rivendell line up > that would really fit something like a 700x45 with fenders would be > the Atlantis. Even though there are a few other bikes out there that > would fit such a tire, the market is SMALL. I'm not holding my breath > waiting for such a creature being made. > > Rivendell shows the 700x37 Pasela TG's in stock. I don't know what > that extra 2mm really equates to compared to the 35mm version. > > On May 12, 6:18 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 22:30 -0400, Rene Valbuena wrote: > > > In my humble opinion, there is no elegant solution in force-fitting a > fender which is not intended to fit a bike. > > > > If you wish to limit yourself to a fender no wider than 50-52mm, fine. > > Some feel that width is adequate for a 42mm Hetre. > > > > > >I respectfully submit, Riv's charts are wrong. After all, when they > > > >were conceived, the Hetre did not exist. And how might you experience > a > > > >Hetre with a 700C Atlantis? What 700C tire is there that is like the > > > >Hetre? I can think of none. In fact, the closest I know of is the > 37mm > > > >Pasela, and from what I can see, nobody's had that in stock for at > least > > > >a year. > > > > > Oops, I got carried away with the Atlantis;>) > > > > We all knew that. Where in the 700C world is the equivalent of the > > Hetre? If the big argument of the "700C, 650B, mox nix, it's just a > > way to get a wide tire into a small frame" is that there is no > > difference in the tires, the diameter matters only as diameter. For > > that to be true, there would have to be a tire of the same width and > > suppleness in the 622 size as the Hetre. What is that tire? > > > > > > > > > >In my opinion, Rivendell has significantly retreated from its earlier > > > >support of the 650B size, and now appears to regard it as merely an > > > >option for smaller frames to fit a 32mm tire. Now I like 32mm tires, > I > > > >ride them on my Velo Orange Randonneur, but believe me, 32mm is NOT a > > > >wide low pressure tire for really rough roads. > > > > > There are the new Hillbornes and Betty Foys in the RBW stable that are > 650b bikes. They are not really for rough roads, which they are not really > intended for. I think RBW is very clear that if you really want to ride > rough roads, there is the Bombadil which can fit really fat tires. But as > have been said about the Hetres's toughness not yet proven on rough roads, > why would anyone think of fitting a hetres on a 650b Bombadil? > > > > The Hilsens and Hillbornes and Foys are 650B bikes only in the small > > sizes. In my sizes (59-60cm) those bikes are 622, and the intended tire > > is a 33.3mm Jack Brown. Trust me, there's a lot of difference between a > > 42mm Hetre and any 33mm tire. > > > > Regarding the Hetre's "unproven toughness" -- the tire's been out there > > for more than a year. It's a road tire. I wouldn't use it on a track > > littered with large sharp stones. But then, I don't ride on tracks > > littered with sharp stones. On Northern Virginia dirt roads, of which > > we have a nice network, the Hetre is wonderful. > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
