Indeed 43 mm are generally not slender but I had a set of 42s on my Clem for awhile and they look slender on it. I found them good on pavement and good enough on gravel. Let us know how they work for you Richard! Doug
On Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:06:07 AM UTC-4 Will Boericke wrote: > Only in the Riv group are we calling a 43mm tire "slender". :) > > Will > > On Monday, August 12, 2024 at 12:34:38 AM UTC-4 Kim H. wrote: > >> @Richard, >> >> The worst that can happen, if you do not like the SimWorks Homage 43mm >> tires, I will buy them from you. You can in turn buy a new set of 55mm >> tires. >> >> The only reason why I bought my 43mm tires is that most of my riding is >> on asphalt pavement. I wanted a slender tire to give my Clem less contact >> on pavement with a more of a zippy feeling, than a wider tire knowing that >> my Clem is a heavy bike. If I rode more off road, I may consider more >> riding with the 55mm tires. A couple of months ago, I rode in a group ride >> that had both hard pack dirt and not too deep gravel. The 43mm tires just >> did fine. >> >> Don't be shy. Give them a try. >> >> Let us know how your new HOMAGE 43mm tires work out for you. >> >> Kim Hetzel. >> >> On Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 6:15:26 PM UTC-7 Richard Rose wrote: >> >>> This might sound outlandish but I have put over 5,000 miles on a set of >>> Simworks Homage tires. They are still good. I think (but do not know) that >>> is unusually high mileage for a set of bicycle tires. Bike is a Clem L and >>> tires are 27.5 x 55 mounted with tubes on Cliffhanger rims. I've been >>> planning to get new ones and have been contemplating 2 things; going to the >>> smaller 43mm tires and second, trying the mint green ones. I won't bore you >>> with the color question.:) I am thinking of trying the smaller tires as the >>> Clem has evolved into being used primarily on pavement and smoothish >>> gravel. As this is a Clem we are talking about weight has never been a >>> concern of mine but this will save me over 13 ounces of rotational weight. >>> I fear it will not be worth the weight savings as the 55's are just so >>> plush. But, I found a relatively inexpensive set so going to give it a try. >>> I've recommended these tires to others but to my knowledge only Kim H. has >>> given them a try. Kim reports he likes the 43's but might give the 55's a >>> go. What I am hoping for is a more snappy feeling bike that does not >>> sacrifice comfort. We shall see. >> >> -- 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/39c24beb-e0e5-4e10-b169-d8a0f3493ca6n%40googlegroups.com.
