Yes, the Hetres are very nice tires. They roll well, are comfortable, and even appear fairly puncture resistant. Maybe they are slightly overkill for my Wilbury since it's mostly used for short, leisurely journeys, but I'm glad that they are on my Wilbury.
A little hint if you don't know already: for whatever reason, my Wilbury with Hetres is more sensitive to tire pressure than say, my Boulder AR. I once had the tire pressure just a tad too high (5 psi?) and immediately noticed something wasn't right. After stopping by the side of the road and giving the valves a bit of a relief, the Hetres then immediately showed their preferred characteristic of rolling well while feeling super comfortable. Moral of the story, don't be afraid to experiment with tire pressure when running Hetres, especially at the low end. On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 6:52:35 AM UTC-7, Dave C wrote: > > That's very helpful. I have a couple of Hetres in the cart on Jan Heine's > site waiting for confirmation on clearance. Thanks! I assume you were happy > with their performance on the Wilbury? > > On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 9:06:19 PM UTC-7, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA > wrote: >> >> On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 5:59:58 PM UTC-7, Dave C wrote: >>> >>> My wife has a 56 cm Glorius, and the bike needs new tires. Does anyone >>> know what the maximum tire clearance is for that frame? >>> >> >> I don't know how wide you want to go, but my 56 cm Wilbury has no problem >> running 650B x 42 Hetre tires, even with fenders. However, I'm not sure >> I'll go wider than that, as the lateral clearance on the third set of stays >> (the "neither-chain-nor-seat-stay") is getting pretty tight with the >> 42-section Hetre tires. >> >> >> > -- 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.
