Can't compare -- I have ridden only the Fat Franks (which I've ridden a lot) among those tires. But I know Bobby B has ridden all three, and has informed opinions.
-----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PATRICK MOORE Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:11 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Kojak! 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?" 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