I wonder how the fat ones would do off road -- how wide is the actual measurement when mounted on a typical ~24 mm rim?
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Awesome setup, Brian. That's a keeper. > > BB > > On Feb 3, 12:50 am, Brian Hanson <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Patrick - totally agree on the Kojaks! I've run the 2 inchers on my Miyata >> commuter for about a year now. Super smooth, and light enough. Not the >> total cushy of a Big Apple, but a lot less weight. I have had only one >> flat so far (just last week), but it was a 3 inch nail I picked up on our >> nasty post-snow roads. >> >> http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6019/6326622118_4e35b506af_b.jpg >> <http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6019/6326622118_4e35b506af_b.jpg> >> >> Brian >> Seattle, WA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:04 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Smooth, slick -- and shiny! Love the Cimarron and the siren, too. >> >> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Montclair BobbyB >> > <montclairbob...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > Patrick: >> >> > > Hey, it's a Telly Savalas thing... What's not to love about smooth and >> > > slick??? >> > > Just look at these... I get more compliments on these tires... >> >> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/16461051@N04/6269320757/in/set-721576279... >> >> > > Bobby "We're all born bald, baby" Birmingham >> >> > > On Feb 2, 6:58 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> Buy them. Too bad they come only in the 35 mm width in the 700C size >> > >> -- also only in the more expensive ($60) folding model -- but they >> > >> come in two widths -- 1.35 and 2.0 -- and in wire and folding in the >> > >> 559 size. (I have the wire 559X1.35s on Riv #3.) And, they come in all >> > >> sorts of other small, weird sizes, too. >> >> > >> Wonderful tires. I finlated them to roughly 65/70 and they rolled >> > >> fast, fast fast and smooth, smooth, smooth on the bike path 18 miler I >> > >> just took; wonderful smoothness over some broken pavement I rolled >> > >> over at speed. And they even have a belt of some sort. Damn' great >> > >> tires. I don't particularly like the way they look but at least the >> > >> "Kojak" lights up in headlights. >> >> > >> So: Schwalbe Big Apples and Schwalbe Kojaks: two great gifts to the >> > >> cycling world. >> >> > >> Patrick "who loves ya, baby?" Moore in blustery ABQ, NM >> >> > >> -- >> > >> Patrick Moore >> > >> Albuquerque, NM >> > >> For professional resumes, contact >> > >> Patrick Moore, ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html >> >> > >> 020212 FARGO WITH NEW KOJAKS.jpg >> > >> 482KViewDownload >> >> > > -- >> > > 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. >> >> > -- >> > Patrick Moore >> > Albuquerque, NM >> > For professional resumes, contact >> > Patrick Moore, ACRW >> >http://resumespecialties.com/index.html >> >> > -- >> > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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.
