Peter, I admit that I took them where they had no business...my Hilsen is coined a country bike and here in the San Gabriel's country means fairly rugged terrain. If you are sticking to asphalt and smooth to gravely roads they're fine.
There is no tire to rule them all, you make a compromise with any tire just depends on what you're willing to give up to gain. No such thing as a slash proof tire as far as I know. Looking for a more slash resistant tire with moderate weight not super light weight and decent speed. ~Hugh "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -- Albert Einstein http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com>wrote: > I don't think they are billed as a trail tire, honestly. Lets face it, > there is no one tire to rule them all but for most riding the Hetres are > pretty plush, IMO. I had one flat in 1k miles of city riding, large piece > of glass that was sticking straight through. Without a belt or other ride > deadening features I don't see how you could have a "slash proof" tire. > Just my two cents. > > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Hugh Smitham <hughsmit...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Ahem, >> >> This is my experience with the GB >> *Hetre*<http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-love-affair-is-over-grand-bois.html>tire. >> YMMV. >> >> ~Hugh >> >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep >> moving." -- Albert Einstein >> http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hopefully I will shoe my Sam with Hetres to ride on next spring, >>>> summer, and fall. >>>> >>> >>> If the Hetres prove flatproof enough through next spring, summer, and >>> fall, I will be so happy and just stop looking around for 650b tires, >>> finally, and use Hetres for all my 650b needs. >>> >>> I really hope they work out. They look great and ride great, the few >>> rides I have had on them on my Bleriot. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/vcVBgXliqXo/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. >> > > -- > 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/vcVBgXliqXo/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.
