On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 2:49:44 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Andreas and Ash: Curious: what RH models are you talking about, and what > were the riding conditions in which they got slashed or ripped? >
700 x 32/35/38 650b x 48 My experience is exclusively on Northern New England dirt roads, > > Andreas: were all of your RH tires extra light models? > 8 extralight, 3 not. They all get the same cuts as described by the OP, the EL get in addition the side wall rips. No experience with the newer endurance models that are JH acknowledgement that the other models are prone to problems. Hence TK waited for that model to actually use them. > Both: were you (plural) riding on surfaces that included sharp stones or > gravel? > Northern New England dirt. No gravel (frankly i would have no interest riding on gravel). Very few sharp stones. Some roots. Hilly though. Typically 1,000 - 1,500 ft climbing per 10 miles. That goes along with moderately fast descends on dirt roads. When exactly the cuts and rips occur I cannot tell as I only inspect tires before or after rides. Only had one incident where the inner tube herniated through the side wall rip and burst, luckily the rear wheel. It happened on a downhill at roughly 35mph, but I do not know when the actual rip occurred. Rode them tubeless as well a bit. As an additional feature, it added the famed sealant thirst (SBH) to the cut and rip issues. They gobbled up orange sealant like not other tire every and it leaked through the porous side wall. While JH offered to exchange them and claimed it to be a rare occurrence, my discussions with other locals riders tell a different story. They are nice riding tires though which I stuck with them longer than I should have. I have moved on by now. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c88a4c2c-0cfa-4251-aeeb-4df964c1eaed%40googlegroups.com.
