[RBW] Re: Gus & Susie/Wolbis "Ride Feel" contribution thread

2019-11-20 Thread Clayton.sf
Bontrager Chupacabra is quite supple too. Clayton Scott SF, CA On Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 9:06:02 AM UTC-8, Mark Schneider wrote: > > Thanks for your impressions. Tire selection is the one area I'm totally > unsure about.I'm fine with a 2.5-2.8 size but I wonder if anyone makes a > "su

[RBW] Re: Gus & Susie/Wolbis "Ride Feel" contribution thread

2019-11-20 Thread 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch
Mark, I've riden 2.8" Nobby Nics for roughly 9 months and found them to be far more supple than I thought they would be. See: https://deaconpatrick.org/i-get-a-grip-while-the-aspen-bloom (and my initial impressions remain true after 9 months of riding, including 500+ miles of loaded bikepacking

[RBW] Re: Gus & Susie/Wolbis "Ride Feel" contribution thread

2019-11-20 Thread Mark Schneider
Thanks for your impressions. Tire selection is the one area I'm totally unsure about.I'm fine with a 2.5-2.8 size but I wonder if anyone makes a "supple" tire in that range. Many of the tires come in around 1000 grams which seems a bit much.(I ordered a large Susie Slug)So I'll be on 29inch whe