I'm late to the party, and every angle has already been discussed at length, but I still want to shout out the RH knobbies. I'm very happy with them, but more notably for me is that I've recommended them to some riding buddies and then the good word spread like wildfire and now nearly all my riding buddies within that social circle, which ranges from longtime roadies to newbies to longtime mountain bikers, all absolutely swear by these tires. None of us have experienced a tire that grips so well on a variety of trail surfaces, rolls fast and predictably on pavement, resists punctures, and feels great (better than other premium Panaracer brands) all at the same time.
My only non-gushing comments would be that they do have a buzz on pavement, though the tone is more pleasant than most knobbies, and they do tend to throw pea gravel through your fender if you run metal fenders, which is slightly annoying. Definitely pair these with PDW safety tabs if running metal fenders. On Monday, 2 October 2023 at 08:26:17 UTC-7 ted.l...@gmail.com wrote: > I’ve had tires on the brain this last week. I was thinking I might want to > try something a little narrower on my Appaloosa so I’ve been a bit absorbed > with that thought. > > At the moment I run the SimWorks Super Yummy tire with the black sidewall > in 29x2.25”. I previously had their 26x2.25” tan wall tires on a 26” build > and absolutely loved them on that bike. Unfortunately, in the larger size, > with the sort of riding I do (spirited, urban, all-road) I find the tires > sluggish and a bit unpredictable at times. Combined with the 25mm wide rim > I use, the tires measure to close to 60mm wide. > > I was thinking about trying to find a tire with a more rounded profile and > something that would be a bit narrower, somewhere in the 44-48mm range to > start. > > I’ve been looking primarily at the Rene Herse tires. I have a friend who > runs the Pumpkin Ridge (650x42) tire on his bike of a similar purpose and > absolutely loves them. I’ve used the Naches Pass (26x1.8) on another build > and also liked them a lot, but found that despite being the “endurance” > casing, they were very prone to small punctures and didn’t handle the > typical road debris around where I ride very well; this is one of the > reasons I’ve typically stuck with knobbier tires. > > The ones on my short list are currently the Manatash Ridge (700x42) and > Oracle Ridge (700x48) tires from RH. > > I’m curious to know and see what others on the list use and have liked. If > you have pictures, I’d also love to see what they look like (particularly > 42mm on frames like the Appaloosa). > > — Ted > -- 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/d4fb0d67-9dd0-4cda-8776-ddfeb1c07c04n%40googlegroups.com.
