Looking forward to my first ride on the lighter wheels and Compass tires!
John On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 6:34:55 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > I was sitting on BART, contemplating the look of my Barlow Pass > Extralights. Already they look positively svelte to me. > > On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 5:58:32 PM UTC-7, Surlyprof wrote: >> >> I want to thank everyone again for all the feedback you've provided. >> This has been a great learning experience for me. I'll be curious to see >> what those 35 Bon Jon Pass tires will be like (On the first read I thought >> you wrote Bon Jovi Pass!). However, I'm went with the group's advice and >> pulled the trigger on a pair of Barlow Pass extralights last night (with >> tan sidewalls). I had re-read all of Jan Heine's research and what he >> wrote combined what you all wrote made a great deal of sense. I thought 38 >> was larger than I wanted to go but I'm going to try running them on the >> lower end of the pressure scale to see if that saves me some roadside >> repairs. I'll report back after I put in a few miles. >> >> BTW, I was just up at Riv this morning and saw the Clem they were >> building up. I think it had Smart Sams on it. Looked fantastic! Wish I >> could swing that preorder as an MTB replacement but that just isn't in the >> cards right now (credit cards, that is). >> >> Thanks again for all the help with my tire trauma. >> >> 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.
