Hi Hugh, I've been riding Big Bens on my Hunqapillar (48cm takes 26" wheels) for the past several months, and probably ridden ~1,000 miles. I got them from Riv, mounted to Aeroheat rims, and they measure just over 52mm now. You can find picks on the Flickr group.
I mainly ride them on the pot-holed streets of Cambridge (plenty of glass and other debris), though they've seen some dirt roads/paths and plenty of tree-root bumps. I've not experienced any flats, and the side walls look good. The tread in the center contact area is showing a little wear, but not excessive. I'm ~155#, and I've jumped curbs and been practicing bunny hops. That said, I've ridden Jack Brown Greens on the same roads and trails, and haven't flatted, so I don't think no flats is necessarily meaningful. Also, we're fortunate not to have goat heads to contend with over here. I would recommend the Big Bens as a good all-rounder tire. For my commuting needs, I'm interested in the Compass 26" tires. (Big Bens don't feel slow, but I'd like to try a lighter weight tire... love the JB Greens on 700C.) Congrats on the Atlantis. Looking forward to seeing it set up. Shoji On Thursday, October 10, 2013 3:59:23 AM UTC-4, hsmitham wrote: > > I'm waiting on delivery of a new to me 56 cm Atlantis and have been > wondering what tire to go with? First I'm looking for an all round mixed > terrain tire that has plenty of cushion and rolls fairly well. I've liked > the idea of running the Big Ben's as Schwalbe states they have a bit more > tread then the Big Apples and would be good for mixed terrain surfaces, > just don't know about their puncture resistance and wear? Also I'd really > like to to run the 2.15" effectively 55 mm's (If I'm not careful I may talk > myself into picking up a Bomba or Hung) but if I ran fenders am concerned > about clearance. For serious off road I may run the Marathon Plus MTB tires > in either 1.75" or the 2.10" obviously with out fenders. What about the > Marathon Modials does anyone have experience with these? I know that > Patrick will recommend Furious Freds with Stan's and I may very well go > that route, but just the same I'd like some other feedback on just a good > AR tire & tube combo. And Chris not trying to hijack your post just figured > I'd throw in some more questions regarding tire selection rather than clog > up the list-serve with another post on roughly the same topic. > > And congrats on picking up the Trek 820 I almost went that route but the > Atlantis fell into my lap and the Trek 850 hangs from the rafters for now. > > ~Hugh > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 4:25:27 AM UTC-7, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: >> >> I finally have a bike that will take 50mm tires (1995 Trek 820). I >> bought this bike as a test vehicle for 26" wheels, which I've never ridden >> before, but am interested in on a high dollar bike. My first inclination >> is to go with 50mm Big Apples but Schwalbe makes several other tires in the >> 50mm size with the Supreme being of particular interest. >> >> Is the 50mm Big Apple significantly "cushier" than the 50mm Supreme? Is >> it the width or is there something different about the design of the Big >> Apple that makes it more comfortable. The tires will be primarily for >> pavement and I want as light and slick as possible with max comfort. The >> Supreme wins in the light & slick category but I don't know if it is as >> comfortable. >> > -- 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.
