I have 26 x 2.1" Thunder Burts (Evo Liteskin) on my '88 Schwinn KOM. They are surprisingly quiet and fast on pavement, no buzzing. They are just as quiet and grippy when cornering as the nearly-slick Super Motos. They fit great under SKS P65 longboards.
I highly recommend Bike-discount.de for all your Schwalbe tire needs. They have the Evo Liteskin (most supple) version for ~$34 a tire. http://www.bike-discount.de/en/search?q=burt They charge a flat ~$23 shipping fee to the US, so you may want to pad your order with other stuff. They have excellent prices on anything Shimano (including the non-US Trekking line), as well as B&M dynamo lights. On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 10:01 AM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch < [email protected]> wrote: > Patrick--I notice in your photo sets you and the girls are usually on > non-paved surfaces. The Thunderburts look to have a pretty decent set of > knobs, especially on the edges. How does this affect riding on paved roads > and also cornering at speed? Any loss of contact issues, or buzzing? Also, > seem to come in a bewildering array of options. Jensen has what appears to > be a big sale going on these if they are the same tire. > 2.1" Pacestar Liteskin > 2.1" Snakeskin, TI Ready > 2.25" Pacestar Snakeskin TI Easy > > Sheesh. > > Does a 2.1 fit under Clem w fenders, or do they come 1.9? > > On the more general idea of supple tires for a bicycle like the > Clementine, I am feeling pretty good with the not quite stock tires on mine > (a packing incident led to me getting the stock Kenda in front and a > Schwalbe Big Ben in rear) but I do notice the bike does not roll as far as > other bikes on the same route. I was initially going to go for the Compass > Switchback EL and run them with Orange Seal, as that seems almost as > failsafe as an armored tire (and, knock wood, I do not generally get many > flats). I'm skeptical that the TBurt treads will work for my mostly paved > commute, so I'd like to hear from others who have tried 48-50mm 650B tires > for performance. > > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 6:54:37 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> The supple, all road tire I ride and put on my daughter's 650b >> Clementines for all road/trail bikepacking is Schwalbe's Thunderburt (no >> snakebite or other protection). Rides like a dream. They very much noticed >> (and love) the difference from the stock tires. We ordered from Germany and >> that brought the price down to something reasonable per tire. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
