Thanks Jason - I appreciate the direct experience with the Shikoro. Yeah - we live in a time of riches for chubby road-ish tires these days. I do tend to like the smoother sound of slicks, which is why that center tread caught my eye. I'm pretty used to their performance on trails as well.
On Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 5:10:13 PM UTC-8 Jason Fuller wrote: > At one time, the Jack Browns were among a pretty small number of candidate > tires in this size, but today there is so much variety available. Some of > the knobby options are remarkably quick and quiet as well, though not as > quiet as slicks of course. For example the Schwalble G-One Allround comes > in 622x35 and as far as I know they run a smidge small, so probably right > on the money. They are impressively quick, and grippy on the looser stuff. > I'm also a fan of the Rene Herse offerings, though I tend to stick to the > Endurance casing these days for peace of mind. I found the Shikoro to ride > a little less supple, but they have a thicker tread than the RH so will > probably last a long time. > > No experience with the Hutchinson but they do look like a pretty good > middle ground, perhaps just enough side tread to make them slide a little > more predictably, if you find yourself in that predicament. I'd be curious > to hear how they are! > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/68a83fec-9425-43ee-a04e-760265788d72n%40googlegroups.com.
