I think if your going to go off road then in the 650b it's either some iteration of the marathon or another Schwalbe tire and the Fatty Runmkin's for durability.It's always a compromise between supple feel and flat resistance...when your touring the last thing you feel like doing is unloading panniers and flipping the bike over<http://www.flickr.com/photos/coconutbill/9397904918/in/set-72157634848441291> !
~Hugh "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -- Albert Einstein http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Coconutbill <evan.spa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mike, >> > > you're probably right beefing up Homer's tires. > I bought some Rumpkins off the list, but they blew a side wall within > about a week, so back to the Somas (which handle remarkably well > considering). > Just waiting until the funds roll in, and then some major upgrades to > Homer and the MB-1 will get bosco-bullmoosed. > > Evan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/5JBELGpODmI/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.