MikeC- I ride mostly gravel, fire roads, and mellow singletrack. They don't have much bite cornering in the loose stuff, as I've discovered with a couple low speed crashes. They did very well on loose, steep climbs, but some of that may be attributed to the frame with long chainstays and super low gearing (16.5 gear inches at the bottom end!) I'm still getting used to it all, but I wouldn't switch tires. I think they'd be a great choice for a Jones SWB- I came pretty close to buying one of those too, instead of the Atlantis.
Patrick- The G-Ones do seem to grip a bit more in the dirt than my Compass Rat Trap Pass, a similar sized tire without tread. I'm about 2-3 mph slower than I would be on a road bike, but much of that likely comes from my more upright position on the Atlantis. Unlike real knobbies, the G-Ones never felt slow, buzzy, or squirmy on pavement, which is all I wanted. I've been experimenting with pressures, ranging from 19-25 psi. On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 9:58 AM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I on the contrary will be interested to hear how the G-Ones roll on > pavement. I've got a stash of the predecessor Big Ones -- these have even > smaller "knobs" -- "knoblets" is a better word -- but in the event that I > live long enough to outlast my stash, I wonder if the G-One replacement > will roll as unresistedly on pavement and firm dirt as its predecessor, > which, I read, was reported by Schwalbe to be its *fastest rolling tire > in the entire product line,* not excluding road racing tires, after it > first appeared on the market. > > I've designed the Matthews to feel as much like a fast road bike on > pavement while still accommodating our silty riverine bosque sand; this > means almost 30" tall 60 mm tires with largely road tread run at low > pressures. The Big Ones shine at this -- note again, road bias, so I accept > loss of dirt traction for road speed. I wonder if those G Ones might give a > bit more grip on dirt while remaining fast on pavement. > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 10:20 AM Michael Cinibulk <mkcinib...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I’d be interested in hearing more about how the G-One Allrounds do off >> road and what kind of trails you ride. >> >> I’ve been thinking of putting them on my Jones SWB since I ride quite a >> bit on road and rarely ride on trails when they are muddy and don’t feel >> like knobbies are really needed for the riding I do. >> >> Thanks, >> MikeC >> Bellbrook OH >> >> -- >> 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/712329c9-3bca-4a11-ac99-927bf34d54c7%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/i0mzHUlOgtA/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/CALuTfgsZPjPweVYgEJc%3D96uMtz6pZ%2B0b8rivw3qqBFKtFmbeLQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsZPjPweVYgEJc%3D96uMtz6pZ%2B0b8rivw3qqBFKtFmbeLQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAE_rN%3D2euQD6HjeSxrXngVZw9qJCSrWMQDK18AGQ4o5KJ3N1hg%40mail.gmail.com.
