Hi All, I can tentatively recommend Continental Travel Contacts: Smooth-ish centers with channel-grooves and knobby edges. I say 'tentatively' as I put a set of 42's on my Ram a just few weeks ago and have been pleased with their performance on the range of surfaces from pavement to gravel to some very light trail riding. They're not a supple as Compass's so I'm experimenting with pressures to find a happy place. Other reviewers often commented on their durability and puncture resistance. Something to be aware of however, is they run substantially narrower than expected. My 42's actually measure 36.4, quite a disparity. I ordered another pair of 50's for the Quickbeam, counting on them running narrower, as with the 42's.
Happy trails! Al On Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 11:05:07 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote: > > I'm looking to put some new rubber on the Hunq. I'll be taking it this > summer to the Walnut Creek area, then to Moab, then Boulder. Currently I'm > riding Schwalbe Smart Sams. At Deacon Patrick's recommendation I'm strongly > considering Racing Ralphs. But here's the thing, I don't really ride in > mud. In fact, most of the time, I ride the Hunq on pavement, but want to > use it more on dirt and gravel. I might ride it on some singletrack (which > is what I originally envisioned when I bought it but I've only used it for > that about 5-10%, at the most). So, I think I'd like something much more > supple, but still fat. From what I've read from Jan (and I know that his > research will probably skewed somewhat toward what he likes and sells, but > it still makes sense) knobbies are really only helpful in mud, or certain > snow conditions. Having fallen in love with Compass EL on all my bikes but > the Hunq, I want a tire that will be comparable. It seems like the Comapss > Snoqualmie Pass at 700x44 might not be quite fat enough for the Hunq. So, > thoughts? -- 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.
