FWIW, 170 and 1,701 miles exactly from the rear Turbo with no casing showing and punctures still very rare; swapped out because thread was paper thin, proactively and not reactively. NM, not MN.
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:18 AM, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Not Tim, but will answer anyway. > 1. Already do. Schwalbe Marathon Supremes are more than that. Retail > is $70. And good studded tires are also in the $60 range. And I > happen to think the Nokian and Schwalbe studded tires are "high > end".<grin> > > 2. Yes with a caveat - it has to last more than 1000 miles. It's one > reason I never have and never will buy a Grand Bois tire. With my > body weight of 230, 1k appears to be a best case scenario for > durability. At least with the road conditions in Minnesota. > > Anyway, a skinny (to me), decent 559 tire shouldn't be that difficult > or expensive. A 1.25 inch wide Pasela would probably fill the bill > for many folks. And Panaracer lists those on the website. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jan 7, 9:17�pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 19:08 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: > > > But such a tire would have 5000 times the market that a 650B tire � > > > has. �There may be fewer than 1000 650B wheeled bikes in the US (I'd � > > > say it's quite likely but I've got no proof). �650B is a very, very � > > > minor player in the market which is ruled by 700C and 559 (not in � > > > that order). �A good 559 would have a much larger potential market by � > > > several orders of magnitude. > > > > Two questions you have to ask yourself: > > > > 1. �Would you pay $60 for a high end 559 tire? > > > > 2. �Would you put up $120 to buy a pair of as-yet nonexistent high end > > 559 tires in order to make possible the development of the new tire? > > > > I'm guessing the answer is "no" to both. � > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523--
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