I did a similar tire swap on my platypus. I had been running Rene Herse 55mm knobbies in endurance casing. I recall Jan saying they have similar rolling resistance to the standard casing and I have zero complaints about them. I just wanted to try a bit smaller tire. I went with the Ultradynamico Cava JFF in 48mm The bike definitely steers a little quicker, not a lot but it does feel like it rolls smoother. I’m still nursing a torn hamstring but I rode for about 3 hours which is at least an hour longer than I have been riding. I have another bike that runs 42mm so the 48s were a good choice. We are living in good times when it comes to tire choices.
Ray On Monday, August 12, 2024 at 8:34:42 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > The nominally 48 mm, actually 49+ mm (27 mm IW rims) Oracle Ridges on my > Matthews dirt road bike look svelte and slim compared to the 60s they > replaced and compared to the 72 mm WTB Rangers on the Monocog I used to > own. They almost look lost under the 80 mm Kelpie fenders (designed for 72 > X 584 and 60 X 622 tires) In fact, ~50 mm is the narrowest I'll use for an > allrounder bike in our sandy soil conditions. > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 6:08 AM Doug H. <dhansf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> -- 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/b3feab85-2115-4d16-b326-4ea8e526494dn%40googlegroups.com.
