Oh, and how do the Fat Franks compare with the K and the BAs -- weight, flat resistance, rolling resistance?
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:03 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -- 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.
