I'm thinking of turning my road/touring Sam Hillborne into a mountain bike and am looking for a tire for it. I have just begun my search and am pretty sure the clearance on my Sam is too small for most of the modern 27.5" mountain bike tires that are on the market. Does anybody have any good suggestions for a tire?
There are two trails local to me that I'm thinking of using the Sam on. Both are singletrack but the first one is a trail that doesn't have any roots or rocks to roll over, it is a pretty nicely groomed trail that uses that really fine gravel surface. It is nice and hilly and winds all over these ridges in a federal park. I have a set of Fatty Rumpkins on the bike now but the tire doesn't grip all that well to the surface of the trail when it has wet leaves, which it does almost always. So, I'm looking at something knobby. The second trail is very rooty and rocky in places, with lots of leaves, some loose dirt but hardpack too. Here is the setup I'm thinking about on the Sam for this. I won't be using fenders but I will be using XT V-Brakes, Albatross bars, mountain triple in the front with a Shimano "mega range" freewheel in back. The wheels are Phil "Rivy" hubs laced to Dyad rims. I haven't decided on shifting but it's a toss up between bar end or thumb friction right now. Thanks. -- 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.
