Hi Peter I ride commute regularly (spring,summer,fall) on Panaracer Paselas...either 26" X 1.5 or 700c X 35mm @70-80psi. These have a round profile and a nice chevron-type tread. If your Cannondale is a touring bike , the 700c size might work, but how fat a tire you can use dpends on clearances and fenders, etc.They're quite tough, and not excessively heavy, especially if they have the Kevlar and not the wire bead.I've used both sizes since, oh,I'd say at least 5 years. I commute on an X0-1 with fenders if it is raining when I leave or a PX-10 which, with the 700 fatties, doesn't have any clearance for fenders. For regular mortals such as you and me, skinny, slick tires are not confidence-inspiring , to say the least. Obviously, rain,mud, gravel,wet leaves , etc dictate a change in riding style...but I feel these tires have not let me down. If you're commuting regularly, I'd say tires are not a good place to economize Other people on this list will have other excellent suggestions. I've heard lots of good things about Schwalbes ; there are models equivalent to what I'm using. I've heard they're durable...and some models can be a bit spendy. Good luck On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:16:10 PM UTC-5, Peter wrote:
> Hi everyone. Please tell me what tire and width of tire you'd recommend > for a novice commuter riding on wet (rainy) and poor city streets. I find > that I don't feel very safe on wet streets and thus suffer a loss of > confidence unless I ride quite slowly--obviously I want to keep riding and > improve my skills. At the moment I'm gearing up to buy a new bike from > Rivendell, but haven't yet decided on the model. My current bike is a > Cannondale touring bike. > Many thanks. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
