Compass tires 26" offerings seem quite nice, but I wish they'd offer an even wider 2" version. I haven't tried the Kojaks personally. I like the Schwalbe ballooners; I've tried the Fat Frank and Big Apple, but I find them to ride more sluggishly than my favorite 26" tire:
I can't stop raving about the ITS MK2 micro-knobby tires on my KOM (26x2.1"). Vee Rubber makes them now, as the: Speedster 26 x 2.1", 185TPI! for $45 <http://shop.veetireco.com/Vee-Tire-Co-Speedster-26-x-2-10-All-Mountain-Tire-p/mtb-spst.htm> dual compound (also in 1.75" <http://shop.veetireco.com/Vee-Tire-Co-Speedster-26-x-1-75-All-Mountain-Tire-p/mtb-spst-r2.htm> and 1.95" <http://shop.veetireco.com/Vee-Tire-Co-Speedster-26-x-1-95-All-Mountain-Tire-p/mtb-spst-r3.htm> 185TPI) Speedster 26 x 2.125 120TPI for $35 <http://shop.veetireco.com/Vee-Tire-Co-Speedster-26-x-2-125-MTB-Tire-p/mtb-spst-r1.htm> low specific gravity (BMX compound) MK3 26 x 2.25" 72 TPI for $37 <http://shop.veetireco.com/Vee-Tire-Co-MK3-26x2-25-BMX-Tire-p/bx-mk3-14.htm> low specific gravity (I love the micro-knobby tread!) These are excellent, fast tires on any road. They're great on pavement, gravel, and dirt. And I've had no punctures in a year of serious gravel and city commute riding, even though they lack a puncture protection layer. For comparison: I've roughly split riding time between my KOM with these tires and my Riv Road on Lierres, and the Lierres got a glass or debris puncture roughly once a month. On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On 01/13/2015 11:20 AM, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > >> Yeah, why bother with 650b when there are so many great tire options for >> 26"?? >> >> > Because there are virtually no great road tire options for 26"? > > -- 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.
