I would like to echo Patrick's thoughts. Beth, Patrick, and I are all riding Rivendell 26ers, with higher trail than the Kogswells used in the BQ tests. My bike is a 1996 Allrounder. After several tries at smaller tires (Such as Ritchey Tom Slicks) and larger tires (such as Marathon XRs), I found my happy place with the 1.5inch Marathon Racer. It seems to have few compromises for road and light dirt riding.
On Apr 19, 7:55 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
