I believed in running 35mm tires on tours until I tried Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 50's on my Bombadil for a long tour this summer. What a great tire! They rolled wonderfully, I could run them at a lower pressure for a smoother ride without worrying about pinch flats and they made every road surface, including mild single track and dirt roads, a pleasant experience. I'm sold!
I'll also add that I weigh 200 pounds and was touring with a 35-40 pound load. Overall weight and riding surface are the factors that should come into play in any decision about tire choice. I run Jack Brown's (33.333) on my Atlantis for road riding, 35mm Paselas on another bike for road, 50mm Marathon XR's on the Bombadil for off road, and 28's on my "go fast" road bike. However, the 28's really beat me up on our rough roads. It's a noticeable difference when I ride fatter tires on the same bike over the same course. When the 28's wear out, I'll use Jack Brown greens on that bike. I've used 65mm Planet Bike Cascadia 29r fenders on the tour this summer with the Supreme 50's. The fenders were a little too big with those tires. However, they were durable and worked great on and off road. The long mud flaps were a plus in the rain. Dave On Sep 11, 10:18 am, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote: > All the fenders I have seen give you the recomended tire sizes they will work > with. First pick you tire then look at fenders. > > FWIW, I have fond that for touring and commuting on roads a true 35mm tire is > the largest I care to ride on my Atlantis. After this I find the tires are > too heavy without giving any additional advantage. > > Larry Powers > > "just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a > double back flip" - John Hiatt > > > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:34:09 -0700 > > Subject: [RBW] Fenders for Atlantis > > From: sa240...@yahoo.com > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > I recently purchased a 58cm Atlantis frame that I will be slowly > > building up over the next few months. I know Riv says the Atlantis > > will take 52mm tires with fenders, but I am not sure which fender > > would work best with really big tires. Any suggestions would be > > appreciated. > > _________________________________________________________________ > With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your > photos.http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
