I think that if you can do plus tires you won't regret them for the type of hilly-bike-riding/packing that most folks here tend to do. The larger tires give you traction on the uphills and whatever is lost can be made up with intelligent gearing, muscle and the speed gained on the downhill. Downhill they feel much more surefooted and grippier while also providing enough cush for most to go faster than they would with "narrow" 29r tires.
Now 38mm is narrow for road and 2.1 is narrow for dirt (at least for me)! On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:08:03 PM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I’m toying with the idea of a Boots (fixed gear version). I’d love to hear > your experience of bikepacking with 2.6” to 2.8” tires vs. 2.1” or similar > tires. This is for a bikepacking rig, so will be on pavement, dirt, and > trail roughly equally. How big the cost in climbing? How great the gain in > just rolling over stuff? My reference point is 38mm tires on the Quickbeam > vs. 2.1” on the Hunqabeam, but I’ve not bikepacked with the 38mm. I was > delighted/astounded at what I rode over fixed gear on the Colorado Trail > last year on the Hunqabeam. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.CredoFamily.org > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org > -- 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.
