An interesting question. I have a Ram with 700 x 29mm Compass tires, a Saluki with 650 x 38 Pari Motos & a Trek 620 which I converted from 700 to 650, which also has Pari Motos. So my answer is..... it depends! Both the Ram & Saluki have Al fenders and small front racks, but the Ram has lighter components and is a lighter, more compliant frame.
There are really quite a few variables in addition to wheel size - the bike, the tire, the road surface, and the riders style & preferences. Before going out for a ride I think about the roads I will be on and that usually dictates my choice, even though both tires do pretty well on all surfaces. I live in rural Vermont and ride a lot of dirt roads, and a lot of disintegrating chip and seal, so a comfortable tire is important to me. I also ride up and down hills a lot, so how a bike climbs & descends is important to me. I'm 71 and still enjoy a lively ride, but average trip speed has no significance. Since I live on a dirt road all rides begin & end with 2-3 miles of dirt and I don't worry much about a few more miles of dirt one way or another but if the bulk of the ride will be on decent pavement I always choose the Ram over the Saluki. It just feels a bit lighter and faster, especially going uphill. On the other hand if I will have a lot of poor roads I will choose the Saluki, which is noticeably more comfortable on the rough and only a bit less responsive when climbing. The Trek provides the more interesting comparison. Its geometry and original tire clearance is virtually identical to the Ram. The frame is lugged, standard gage Reynolds 531. This frame is a bit lighter than the Ram and maybe planes a bit better. With 700c tires on the Trek it was hard to tell the difference between it and the Ram. With 650B tires it feels just as fast, a bit more stable at slow speeds or on bad roads and a lot more comfortable. My wife, Pat, doesn't sense much difference on her Betty between the Pari Moto and Fatty Rumpkins, but she doesn't like climbing hills and is pretty cautious going down, so never pushes a tire towards its performance limits. Michael On Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 3:52:43 PM UTC-4, Lungimsam wrote: > > Any? Or do they ride the same between the two wheel sizes. > > Between different models. Or among the same models with different wheel > sizes. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
