On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:47, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 03:18 -0800, EricP wrote:
2. Yes with a caveat - it has to last more than 1000 miles. It's one
reason I never have and never will buy a Grand Bois tire. With my
body weight of 230, 1k appears to be a best case scenar
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:48 AM, JoelMatthews wrote:
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> Unless I am run over by a truck this touring season, when the tire
> debates start next winter I should have a pretty decent set of
> anecdotal arguments. Until then ...
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Be sure to take notes!!! :-)
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Cheers,
David
Redlands, CA
"B
Riv content: two custom Rivs.
I carry spare tubes and save the patching for the comfort of home and
garage. But yes, i can appreciate your POV.
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:49 AM, EricP wrote:
> Last year, on a 60 mile ride in snow/rain mix, temp about freezing.
> Two flats on basically new Schwalb
36 spokes on a 559 wheel for 165 lb, even with load, seems excessive; tho'
of course my wheels have no dish. My brother, 200+ with laptop on back, used
to bunnyhop the 28 spoke Mavic wheels on his (multispeed, read wheel dished)
XO2 with no problem. I carry 45 lb loads on a 32 hole 622 rim and 30+
FWIW, 170 and 1,701 miles exactly from the rear Turbo with no casing showing
and punctures still very rare; swapped out because thread was paper thin,
proactively and not reactively. NM, not MN.
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:18 AM, EricP wrote:
> Not Tim, but will answer anyway.
> 1. Already do. Sch
I would -- for the record, and seriously, and not just to yank Steve's
chain. Tires are the most important component after frame and saddle, no?
Still thinking about 28 mm GBs for the Motobecane ...
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 19:08 -0600, Ti
On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 03:18 -0800, EricP wrote:
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> 2. Yes with a caveat - it has to last more than 1000 miles. It's one
> reason I never have and never will buy a Grand Bois tire. With my
> body weight of 230, 1k appears to be a best case scenario for
> durability. At least with the road cond
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 19:08 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote:
> But such a tire would have 5000 times the market that a 650B tire
> has. There may be fewer than 1000 650B wheeled bikes in the US (I'd
> say it's quite likely but I've got no proof). 650B is a very, very
> minor player in the market
