I am still undecided on the Almotions. The reflective stripe isn't printed round and in the stand they look out of round but feel nice riding around. They do not feel nice like the Bicycle Rolling Resistance review lead me to hope for. I think that the tested tire and the TLE version are quite different. I will give them a fair shot setup tubeless.
I was excited to build up my Cliffhangers today but my double checking on my spoke calculations wasn't enough and I transposed some numbers so I would up with a bit too long drive side spokes. I tried lacing it twice thinking it was me and not the spokes... That was a bummer to a mediocre day. So correct spokes are ordered hopefully they are here over the weekend I would like to get the Bombadil I recently got off the list up and ready to ride. On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 4:59:58 PM UTC-7, William R. wrote: > > I have been riding the Schwalbe Almotions (50-622) on my Appaloosa for a > couple of days. They came folded. Very stiff sidewalls. I mounted them on > Atlas rims on Friday night, spun them in the stand, very lumpy. I let the > air out a couple of times and tried to get them seated better. Rode them on > the ride with Mark in Beacon on Saturday and they were just really > lumpy/bumpy, but it seemed like they were getting smoother as time and the > miles went by. Dropped the pressure to 50 rear/45 front before heading out > on Sunday. They were better. I want to like them. I am going to give them a > good chance and see if they round perfectly out. If not, back on will go > the T-Burts, they will go back on at some point anyway, they are so good! I > put the Snoqualmie's that I had on the Cross Check build that I am doing > for my son. I might get another pair for my go fast summer tires. There > seems to be a gap there in 622 fast, light tread tires from 44 (41 really > in the Snoqs) to about 60. I wish Schwalbe would fill up their Kojak line > with 45, 50, 55+ sizes and size down their Big Ones through the same range. > And as long as I am wishing, I wish Jan would come out with some 48, 54 and > 60's in 700/622 fast tires. Those Torches look like they would be good on > the Appaloosa too. I will look forward to your report on them Stuart. > > -Bill in Westchester, NY > > My 58cm Appaloosa with the Almotions (50-622) and fenders: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TohpI8TSR-I/WNmnZtfVHoI/AAAAAAAAARg/m5YGSECdINo076K8mG6bbEkHrvC0PL_KgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2206.JPG> > > > On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 12:02:07 PM UTC-4, Scott Blouke wrote: >> >> I just picked up a set of Schwalbe almotions in 50-584 but they make a >> 50-622 and a 55-622 and this one might be exactly the size you are looking >> for if they are a bit undersized. >> They are currently only measuring out to 43mm wide on synergies but they >> are taller then the 42-584 Marathons they replaced. >> I got them to mount tubeless on a set of cliffhangers so we will see once >> all those parts come in. >> They seem tough but still roll well. >> > -- 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.
