Too bad we are not having this debate in 2011 rather than 2010. If the custom bike gods favor me, by the end of the year I will have a 700 heavy duty touring bike, a 559 city - light touring, and a 650b rando style bike. The 700 and 650 will both be kitted with 40 spoke rims, Maxi-Cars front and rear on the 700, Maxi-Car rear, Son front on the 650. The 559 will have 36 spoke rims, but will be disc which ideally build up stronger. I use Schwalbes on the 700, will use Schwalbes on the 559 and Grand Bois on the 650.
I am just under 6' and 165 pounds. I carry more than I ought to when touring though. Unless I am run over by a truck this touring season, when the tire debates start next winter I should have a pretty decent set of anecdotal arguments. Until then ... On Jan 8, 8:25 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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%2bunsubscrib...@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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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