I like the Pasela 1.5" tires on my XO-1. I like the Pasela 1.75" on the tandem too, and would like to try them on the XO someday. They fit fine--I tried it! Them big, aero profile tandem rims looked sorta sporty on the B-stone...B-)
Steve -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Steve Palincsar Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 9:55 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] fatter tires for 26" wheels On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 18:14 -0700, b hamon wrote: > After reading Jan's article about fatter tires in the latest BQ, I > decided to try it on my All-Rounder. I'd gotten this frameset about > three years ago and built it up with drop bars. (Although the height > of the frame was a little short for my legs, the top tube was the > right length for drops.) I've ridden it on numerous city and country > rides and have done a couple of bike-camping overnights on it (longest > rides on this have been several metric centuries). I have wrestled > with the feel of this bike since building it up with 26 x 1.25 > Paselas. Although the tires help up well, the feel of the 1.25 width > seemed sort of harsh, and worse, squirrelly. > > In the absence of a pair of T-Serv tires just sitting around, I > installed some 1.5 Paselas, and ran some errands while at work. I > noticed the difference in handling pretty much right away. The bike > rolled easily but cornered more gently and without as much of the > squirrelly feeling I'd had with the skinnier tires. Just for fun, I > also raised the handlebar about 1/2". Now the bike looks sort of odd > because the handlebars are so close to the saddle; but I have a really > short torso and had let go of the "classic" look of a road bike long > ago anyway. What I have now is a more comfortable bike with a mellower > ride quality. > 1.5" isn't extraordinarily wide for a 559 to begin with. What's more, going by the chart on p. 20 of BQ Spring 2010, the 'stable yet nimble' zone for 559 extends roughly from 38mm wide to about 48mm. I'd try a 559 x 1.75" tire to see how that feels - it's squarely in the "gray" zone. -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
