I agree; I love Thunder Burts. I have a set of 26 x 2.1" Liteskins on my '88 Schwinn KOM.
The TBs feel about as fast as my Schwalbe Super Moto tires, which are about 95% as fast as the best supple tires I've ridden (Pari-Moto, GB Cerf, Lierre, Compass Stampede Pass). What makes the Thunder Burts exceptional is that they're fast, but they still have a reasonable amount of tread for occasional dirt wanderings. Mine feel great on a local lazy singletrack. The TBs have great cushion and enough traction; they only get squirrely if the trail is muddy. Whereas, the Super Moto and Compass RTP tires have no tread. I washed out the front Super Moto tire a couple times on twisty singletrack. The SM and RTP are great for gravel and pavement, but not dirt. On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Alex Wirth- Owner, Yellow Haus Bicycles < 4824...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was riding 50mm Marathon Supremes for the summer but put on some > Schwalbe Thunderburts (29 x2.1) for the Fall and I am rather amazed at how > efficient they feel on the road....they almost feel better than the > Supremes?! > > On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 12:17:01 PM UTC-5, adam leibow wrote: >> >> i had the snoqualmie pass 44s on my hunq but they were way smaller than i >> expected so i took them off instantly and went back to 55 big bens. it just >> felt inappropriate to have such a small tire on there, and i have a true >> road bike so i am not relegated to making a dirt touring bike into one. >> >> On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 8:34:56 PM UTC-8, John G. wrote: >>> >>> I saw a fellow riding a Hunqapillar on Old River Road north of the >>> George Washington Bridge this weekend. He was moving at a decent clip. I >>> pulled up alongside him, mentioned I was a fellow Hunqapillar rider, and we >>> got to talking. He runs 38mm compass tires on his Hunq, which got me >>> thinking about how common this setup is. I have 50mm Schwalbes, but I >>> mostly ride on pavement (detritus-strewn, crater-pocked Metro New York >>> pavement). >>> >>> Anyone else riding their Hunq mostly on pavement? If so, what tires are >>> you running? >> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
