Good looking bike, you're lucky to have one of the green Sams (not that the orange is so bad!). As someone who's new to fatter tires and lower pressures, the combination of 50s and 38psi seems strange to me. Do you notice much of a change in rolling resistance between those and your last tires? It's an interesting new "world" to me.
Steve On Apr 27, 12:35 am, jandrews_nyc <jasonaschwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Like I mentioned in a previous post, I ordered some Dureme 50's from > Riv for my green Hillborne. As some of you know, the earlier green > Hillbornes had slightly less clearance at the chain stays near the > kickstand plate. So..naturally I was worried that the 50's would be > too big. I was lucky. They fit well. I had to take the Berthoud > fenders off and replaced my Pasela 37's with the Duremes. In fact, I > think I could probably still get fenders on the bike. I would > probably have to cut the end of the fender down where it meets the > chain stay bridge tap. > I rode about 20 miles today in New York City with these new tires. I > had them inflated to about 38psi. They weren't too cushy but still > absorbed all the bumps and pot holes well. I rode from North Brooklyn > into Queens over the Pulaski Bridge, then along the East River up to > the 59th Street Bridge which dumped me out in Manhattan on the east > side. Then rode west straight to Central Park to ride the loop a few > times..then back to Brooklyn. Maybe closer to 25 miles. > Anyway, here's a look at the bike with the clearances illustrated > pretty well. > > http://gallery.me.com/jasonaschwartz#100117 -- 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-bunch@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.
