On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Frederick, Steve wrote:
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> On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 18:14 -0700, b hamon wrote:
> 1.5" isn't extraordinarily wide for a 559 to begin with. What's more,
> going by the chart on p. 20 of BQ Spring 2010, the 'stable yet nimble'
> zone for 559 extends roughly from 38m
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Subject: Re: [RBW] fatter tires for 26" wheels
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 18:14 -0700, b hamon wrote:
> After reading J
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Subject: [RBW] fatter tires for 26" wheels
. I'd like to hear from others who are running wider tires on 26" bikes they
ride mostly on pavement.
Beth
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The goathead proofness must be due to the width. Too hard to hit
something with a tire that skinny, you just slip right between the
little bastards!
On Apr 19, 2010, at 21:06, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
Y'all haven't lived until you've ridden 559X1" (22 mm actual on 19
mm Sun M14A rims, no "
And 1,500 miles on the rear of a fixed gear with loads, the tire changed
before flats multiplied.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:06 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Y'all haven't lived until you've ridden 559X1" (22 mm actual on 19 mm Sun
> M14A rims, no "E") Specialized Turbos: 200 grams of pure powder pu
Y'all haven't lived until you've ridden 559X1" (22 mm actual on 19 mm Sun
M14A rims, no "E") Specialized Turbos: 200 grams of pure powder puff comfort
at 90/100; much better than 1.25 Paselas -- and more flat proof, too, here
in goathead land. Now if someone would just make them in a 559X28.
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:14 PM, b hamon wrote:
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> Do I feel slower? Well, I felt slower already but that's totally on me. The
> ride is smoother and more stable and that matters more to me than speed these
> days. I think this is a good experiment to do on bikes with 26" wheels. I'd
> like to
My 1996 A/R is shod with Pasela 26 x 1.25 tires and I like the feel
of these very much. They are the cushiest tires I have, seem plenty
fast and handle well. I run 700 x 25 or 700 x 28 Paselas on my other
bikes.
I don't find any of the vagueness or wandering Jan reported, however
my bik
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 18:14 -0700, b hamon wrote:
> After reading Jan's article about fatter tires in the latest BQ, I
> decided to try it on my All-Rounder. I'd gotten this frameset about
> three years ago and built it up with drop bars. (Although the height
> of the frame was a little short for m
After reading Jan's article about fatter tires in the latest BQ, I decided to
try it on my All-Rounder. I'd gotten this frameset about three years ago and
built it up with drop bars. (Although the height of the frame was a little
short for my legs, the top tube was the right length for drops.) I
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