Ha! Well, Jan's "Kool-Aid" says if you have rough trails or roads you may want the standard for the thicker sidewall, so you kind of are drinking the Kool-Aid. Grin. If you haven't seen it, this blog post explores some of the differences in tire sizes and why Jan's sized them the way he has for different wheel sizes (I personally would love a 50-55mm 700c tire). https://janheine.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/choosing-your-tires/
Also he has a post somewhere about the Rat Trap tires and how he dials in the pressure. It could be you simply want a higher pressure for roads in your Rat Traps and then let out air when you get the to trails, reinstall when back to the roads. That's a LOT easier than swapping tires or wheel sets. I'm always amazed by how long people who drive to trails spend at the trail head getting ready to ride. I have no idea what they are doing. I've had cars carelessly and even dangerously pass me a few miles of climbing from the trail head with bikes on their racks, then see them still getting ready at the trail head. So, three minutes adjusting tire pressure at the trail had in comparison seems like nothing. Grin. On my ride yesterday on 25-30 miles of singletrack, 20 miles of dirt and paved roads I definitely experienced the grip of wider supple tires (the 44s had a lot more grip than even the 38mm Barlow Pass on the same trails) and the climbing ease, even over rocks and roots. I climbed up and over things I spun out on with my Thunder Burts. Plus the ease of control and handling is improved with the smaller tire (greater balance/confidence in steering). So from my own experience, I can definitely see where Jan is coming from in keeping larger wheel sizes' tires lower in diameter. But I wonder if there is room for a 50-55mm 29er all rounder tire? With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 9:27:42 PM UTC-6, Belopsky wrote: > > the Rat Trap Pass but not the EL. Roads here are terrible and I didn't > drink all of Jan's Kool-Aid. ;) > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
