I commuted 30 miles a day for a few years in Maine, I rode lots of tires, but the ones I got flats on where the light casing slick Gravel Kings, and Rene Herse light casing. The standard casing Rene Herse held up well, but cut easily, enough so that the tire lasted 1/4 the miles of the Pari-Motos. The new Gravel King slicks with the tougher casing has been what I've been riding recently and I LOVE them! Roll great, maybe not as soft as the RH tires but they hold up very well! I was only able to put about 1k on them before someone put a knife through the sidewalls while locked up.
If I was going to recommend a tire to someone I would defiantly recommend the newer Gravel King Slicks over anything else for commuting. On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 7:09:12 AM UTC-6 ascpgh wrote: > I strongly suggest Rene Herse tires after how transformative a pair of > Stampede Pass ELs were for my Rambouillet. It was like having a new bike. I > rode farther and faster with less fatigue afterward. > > The RH EL tires ride so well that they recreated the bike and provided > more opportunity to delve into the sort of riding motivating a new bike on > a 650B front load layout and built it around the 650Bx42 Baby Shoe Pass > standard casing in tubeless set up. > > The EL casings never showed weakness even pressed into loaded duty riding > the GAP/C&O Canal to Washington. They afforded me the ability to vary > inflation like never before and I did rim pinch a few times while (over) > enjoying the comfortable ride. > > Here is a picture my rear wheel and Stampede Pass EL after hitting a > pothole at 35mph. Overnight downpours opened the hole in a lane I rode 12 > hours earlier and with traffic I had little reaction time or space to dodge > it. The tire was intact and tube remained inflated. The Wheel was not as > fortunate but with some physical adjustment I got it to turn between the > brakes and I rode the community event with the folks I was meeting. The > tire and tube survived, the rim was what needed replacing. > [image: FC48086C-9F3B-4879-BD00-0D976858F94D_4_5005_c.jpeg] > [image: 51DA07FC-4214-49A6-A625-086650848F83_1_105_c.jpeg] > > > I love the RH BSPs in standard casing for my tubeless set up on my rando > bike and have a hard time imagining dropping to the "classic" 650Bx38 > width. 60% of the riding I do on the 42s is paved including fast weekly > group rides April-October. I am hard pressed to switch tires with the > mileage and durability my RH choices have produced. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 9:48:24 PM UTC-5 Matthew Danning wrote: > >> Hello group, >> >> I'm looking for advice on 650B tires for a Bleriot that's used >> exclusively on-road. I'd like a tire that's fast but not too fragile. >> I've ridden this bike for years with nifty swifties, but my supply is now >> out. Any recommendations from personal experience? Width in the 35 mm >> range is sufficient for my body weight. Thanks in advance. >> > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0be37ac9-b90c-46fb-abac-c6d6a6bbc07dn%40googlegroups.com.
