One more remark: from my experience with several sets of Big Apples of various sizes and types, and two sets of Kojaks: the benefit of these Schwalbes is that they have nice, supple sidewalls even with puncture layers under the tread, which I surmise accounts for their nice ride and their relative puncture resistance, even to goatheads.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:48 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > I ran T&Cs on our tandem a while ago. They were fine. Nice smooth center > tread with inverse tread on the shoulders. Not terribly supple, nor were > the sidwalls robust, but that's a Conti weakness IMHO. > > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Hugh Flynn <hugfly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For a much lower-brow approach, does anyone have any experience with >> Continental Town and Country 26 x 1.9's? >> >> They are available from several sources for a relative song, and they >> seem to have a decent thread count, smooth profile, decent volume, and not >> soul-sucking flat protection. >> >> By all accounts they seem (on paper) to be a reasonable tire to consider. >> >> Does anyone have any real world experience with the Town and Country >> 1.9's? >> >> Hugh "still 26" Flynn >> Newburyport, MA >> >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Dave Johnston wrote: >> >> I have the Kojacks 26x2.0" on my Atlantis and they are actually 44mm wide >> on 22.5mm rims. I have the Compass 26x1.75 on an XO-3 and they measure 43mm >> on 20mm rims. >> >> The Compass tires feel noticeably faster to me but it might be the bike >> not the tires. Maybe the X0-3 planes? Both bikes have drops but the XO-3 is >> a bit sportier geometry and build overall. >> >> -Dave J >> >> On Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:36:21 AM UTC-4, Michael Ullmer wrote: >>> >>> Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I decided on Schwalbe Kojaks which >>> should be ariving any day now. Once the build is entirely complete I'll >>> post some pics. Thank again! >>> >>> >>>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
