If you are looking for light responsive road only tires, I think the compass offerings are hard to beat. Since you have Schwalbes for commuting I highly recommend the Compass tires for your "go-fastish" option. Re size: I've had both 32 and ~40 tires on my AHH. Both were/are great. However the 32's did look a bit lost in all that clearance. If you are at all enamored with Jan Heine's supple wide tires mantra, I strongly suggest you go with the 38's over 32's. Finally, don't be afraid to run those Compass tires off road. I've had pretty good luck doing that.
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 8:34:40 PM UTC-7, Surlyprof wrote: > > Thanks for all the feedback! I really appreciate everyone's knowledge and > experience on this one. Schwalbe may not be dead to me but... it may be on > life support. > > John > > On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 8:28:05 AM UTC-7, Surlyprof wrote: > >> I can't afford to do too much experimenting when it comes to bikes and >> components so I could really use the wisdom and experience of the group on >> this one. I have a 56 Hillborne that came with two sets of wheels. The >> sturdy/heavy, 36h ones have 700x40 Schwalbe Mondials that I use for >> commuting, trails and all around town riding. Now I get to leverage my >> birthday to finally get tires for the lighter 32 hole XT/Synergy wheels. I >> wanted to set them up to turn the Sam into my only go-fastish road bike for >> summer riding. I think I have it narrowed down to either 700x35 or 700x32 >> Marathon Supremes or Compass Stampede Pass (700x32). I was leaning toward >> the Supreme 32's to be a big difference from the beefy Mondials but, after >> reading Jan's articles on tire size and pressure I started to think Supreme >> 35's might be a better choice. The reason I lean toward the Schwalbes is >> that I've had a long, very positive and almost flatless history with >> Schwalbe. Of course this wouldn't be a dilemma if I could just talk my >> wife into buying me the Rodeo in the web specials! >> >> Since the Rodeo is not to be, I'd appreciate any guidance for a blissful, >> light-ish, go fast-ish road riding summer spent on the Hillborne. >> >> Thanks, >> John >> >> >> >> -- 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.
