Either way, I do believe the orange Hillbornes do take a wider tire than the first gen Greenborne. Mine will run a 40 Marathon Supreme with fender, but that's about it. At least for my safety.
Believe list member Jim Thill built up a Orangeborne with 700x45 tires. Ah, yes - here it is - http://tinyurl.com/28fjnkk Still happy with my Hillborne, although this weather change means no 2k on that bike for the year. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN (Where it was about +2F when riding into work this morning) On Dec 8, 6:57 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually they are marked 42-622, 700 x 40C, in Schwalbe's infinite > tire labeling wisdom. They probably run a bit narrow like many > Marathons. Haven't measured them yet, but will report back. > > Gernot > > On Dec 9, 12:52 am, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hmm. He got 42's on there with fenders? > > Excuse me, I'm off to do some tire shopping! > > > -Pete > > > On Dec 8, 10:01 am, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > My friend Paul just got back to Thailand with his new 56cm Hillborne, > > > which he bought after riding my 56 Hillborne and Kip's 56 Bomba. I > > > believe his carbon Felt is for sale. :) > > > > If you want to see the two Sams side by side, click here > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/25150...@n08/5244123396/ > > > > (His is riding on 42mm Marathon Extremes, while mine is on 33mm Jack > > > Browns, which explains the apparent height difference.) > > > > Enjoy, > > > > Gernot > > > > PS: Going on an all-Hillborne ride Friday!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
