Matt, Can't hurt to try new tires, except put a wee dent in your wallet! I was astonished how big a difference in trail and died road riding there was between the 50mm Dureeme and the 2.25" Smart Sams, so while that is obviously a different type of riding, yes, the tire can make a huge difference.
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, March 14, 2014 10:53:23 PM UTC-6, Matt Lynch wrote: > > I purchased a Sam Hillborne after an extended test ride at RBW. I've put > close to 7,000 miles on my bike and have yet to duplicate the ride I > experienced on their test bike. I've always had in the back of my mind the > problem was that I bought a Taiwanese model whereas, unbeknownst to me, I > test rode a Waterford built Sam. But there's no way RBW would pull a bait > and switch like that...and that's assuming there even is a difference. So > reading this thread I'm thinking it could be the tires. I'm still trying > to wear out my original Schwalbe Supremes so I don't have anything else to > compare. The demo bike I rode had those RBW tires with the checker board > tread. Could there really be that much difference? And if so, are Jan's > recommendations that much sweeter? > > Don't get me wrong. I've hardly ridden my other bikes at all since > getting the Hillborne. I am a happy camper. But I also have to accept the > fact that I'm am a person who lives in the camp of high value and > durability. So when it comes right down to it, I'm just trying to figure > out if I may just be my own worst enemy when it comes to tires. > > Matt > > -- 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/d/optout.
