They're light, flexible, offer decent cornering grip in the dirt, and ride well on asphalt. They best thing I can say is that I don't notice they're there on pavement. Can't say that about many 2" knobbies!
On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 11:12:31 AM UTC-7, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > > I've recently become interested in the Thunder Burts. How do they do on > the pavement, compared to other tires you ridden? I've got a Surly Karate > Monkey so now I can go as fat as I care to! I'm running 40mm Duremes right > now but want to jump to 50-60mm tires but I want a true 50+mm tire that is > relatively lightweight but with decent puncture protection. Big > Apples/Bens are too heavy. > > > > On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 12:06:50 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> One thing I've learned is I much prefer soft, supple tires to stiff, flat >> protection tires. And I haven't had more flats (your milage will obviously >> vary). The ride is soooooo smoooooooooth. Plush. Delicious. Thunder Burts >> are up there on supple scale and give an amazing ride. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 7:50:41 PM UTC-6, mike gasparino wrote: >>> >>> Anyone tried this set up? Do they fit? Trying to go fat as I can. >>> Considering the 55cm big bens as well. I'm not looking for anything too >>> gnarly as far as tread due to only riding gravel and pavement. Any >>> recommendations are much appreciated! >>> Michael >> >> -- 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.
