I use the 60s off road all the time for two reasons, first because my off road rides also include a lot of pavement and there is nothing in cycling more horrible than grimly, despairingly driving a fat, soft, 29" knobby along pavement against a strong headwind; and second, because the BAs shrug off our local goatheads so well. Yesterday I mistakenly rode through a 1/4 mile field and came out with, literally, *literally*, I say, over a hundred thorns in both wheels -- I held a stick against the tires and spun the wheels to flick them off and they were flying like water spray. Today the tires have lost no air. I cannot say as much for any knobby I've used.
They have poor traction on loose surfaces -- I ride in sand -- but the float helps make up for it if you run them quite low; I run the front as low as 12 psi (200 lb bike and rider) without fear of pinch flats. Note that I do have 45 mm wide rims (the BAs measure 65 mm on these rims). On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone used Big Apples off-road? I believe Jay's video shows him > doing so and Grant said he loves them. > > Anyone else? Comarisons with knobbies? > > René > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- 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.
