Tire manufacturers must need large runs to make any money. Rivendell probably has to order enough tires to last a couple of years before a manufacturer will talk to the them. Panaracer must have a warm spot in their heart for the niche inhabited by Rivendell & Compass.
Then there's the issue of paradox of choice (maybe 650b is the exception?). Shopping for replacements for the 26" x 1.25" Panaracers on my wife's bike was like drowning in data. And that was just Panaracer. It's no wonder shops have a tough time stocking the right stuff. dougP On Sunday, June 2, 2013 10:08:02 AM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: > > One big thing not well represented on the list are 650B tires... we need > more variety! > > Could not agree more. Just to add to the wish list 650b knobbies. Emailed > Grant and asked him to lean on the tire manufactures :-) His reply"they > swat me away like a fly". > > ~Hugh > > On Sunday, June 2, 2013 9:30:20 AM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: >> >> good find David. One issue with this data is that some tires grow with >> age. The JB Greens on my Coho are measuring 34.5 mm with abut 2000 miles on >> them on 20mm rims. They were a 1.5mm narrower when I put them on. >> >> One big thing not well represented on the list are 650B tires... we need >> more variety! >> >> ~mike >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
