Gad, I'd not put the most worn in front! How does covering the weak tire with a fender make it easier to monitor?
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:02 AM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Steve - Since you choose to be stubborn, I'll venture to say one would > last between 2 to 3,000 miles. If that is the case, and we are still > talking about the virtues of safely rotating tires, it is my opinion that a > Schwalbe Marathon Supreme with 5, 6 or maybe even 7,000 miles is as safe > on the front as a new Grand Bois Cypres or Hetre. This is really an apples > to oranges comparison. And, if we all were to follow Jan's > recommendations, he specifically states that those using fenders should put > the most worn tire up front so that is will be easier to keep any eye on > the weakest tires condition. > > > > > > On Friday, August 15, 2014 2:55:11 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 08/15/2014 05:32 PM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote: >> > And how long would a "rear" Grand Bois Cypres or Hetre last on a 30+ >> > lbs. Sam Hillborne committing 35 miles RT five days a week? How much >> > do they cost? >> >> The last one I discarded went on the front at 13,229 miles, was switched >> to the rear at 16,914 and was discarded at 19,815 miles. A new one >> today costs $57. A Hetre will last longer than that, I believe >> (although I have not chased down the mileage and done the math) and >> costs two bucks more. I can't tell you how long a tire lasts as "a >> rear" because I don't use them that way, other than for the first set >> when the bikes were new; and it's been quite a few miles since these >> bikes were new. >> >> >> -- > 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, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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.
