Will, True enough. I only weigh 165, so the 42's are wide enough in that regard. The Switchbacks are "tubeless ready" and that interested me. If Compass would give the Babyshoe Pass the new tubeless bead, I would be satisified.
Doug On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 7:09:31 PM UTC-7, Will wrote: > > I'm running 45s on my Atlantis with P65s. I don't think I'd notice the > difference if I was running 42s or 48s. The question is what do you weigh? > If your weight works with 42s, don't fret. I weigh 160, so my guess is I > could go to 35s and not feel any pain or feel compromised. I think we're > getting too fixated on tire width and extra leger sidewall buzz. > > This is no different than the last era's fixation on frame weight and > indexed shifting. Just saying... :-) > > > > On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 5:36:39 PM UTC-5, Doug Williams wrote: >> >> I have a 58cm Homer. Recent build; I got it in May this year. So it is >> the largest of the 650b Homers, if that makes any difference. I am >> currently running the Compass Babyshoe Pass tires. The Babyshoes measure >> darn close to the advertised 42mm. I have Paul Racer brakes and P55 SKS >> Longboards. Clearance is pretty darn good. In fact, I can take my 6mm Allen >> wrench and pass it through all the areas that require clearance. So my >> clearance is at least 6mm all around. Which leads up to my question: >> >> If I have 6mm all around and I only need 3mm for safety...that means that >> I have 3mm "surplus" clearance. So...will I get away with running the new >> 48mm Switchback Hill tires? I only need an extra 3mm per side, and I have >> it. Right? Or am I dreaming here? >> >> Doug >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
