I did a similar tire swap on my platypus.
I had been running Rene Herse 55mm knobbies in endurance casing.
I recall Jan saying they have similar rolling resistance to the standard
casing and I have zero complaints about them.
I just wanted to try a bit smaller tire.
I went with the Ultradynamic
The nominally 48 mm, actually 49+ mm (27 mm IW rims) Oracle Ridges on my
Matthews dirt road bike look svelte and slim compared to the 60s they
replaced and compared to the 72 mm WTB Rangers on the Monocog I used to
own. They almost look lost under the 80 mm Kelpie fenders (designed for 72
X 584 and
Indeed 43 mm are generally not slender but I had a set of 42s on my Clem
for awhile and they look slender on it. I found them good on pavement and
good enough on gravel. Let us know how they work for you Richard!
Doug
On Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:06:07 AM UTC-4 Will Boericke wrote:
> Only in
Only in the Riv group are we calling a 43mm tire "slender". :)
Will
On Monday, August 12, 2024 at 12:34:38 AM UTC-4 Kim H. wrote:
> @Richard,
>
> The worst that can happen, if you do not like the SimWorks Homage 43mm
> tires, I will buy them from you. You can in turn buy a new set of 55mm
> t
@Richard,
The worst that can happen, if you do not like the SimWorks Homage 43mm
tires, I will buy them from you. You can in turn buy a new set of 55mm
tires.
The only reason why I bought my 43mm tires is that most of my riding is on
asphalt pavement. I wanted a slender tire to give my Clem l
