I ride Rat Trap Pass 2.3" tires on my mtb commuter. In addition to greatly reducing vibration/shocks, the lower pressures enabled by such large volume greatly reduces the likelihood of flatting. I regularly roll over broken glass on my RTP's that would have pierced the 28mm Marathon Supremes on my old commuter due to their higher pressure. I haven't had a flat since switching in December in hundreds of miles of riding over the glass strewn streets of Seattle vs about 1 flat/mo with the Supremes (wee problem with car break-ins/public drinking here). Last, the wide contact patch of these tires allows me to pretty much ignore the line I'm taking on pavement. Seattle DOT commonly uses concrete mat street paving with >1" wide seems between the mats and no pitch seal. I used to have to carefully negotiate these seems on my old tires but can now blissfully ignore 'em. Huge reduction in stress and increase in riding bliss!
With all that said, I wouldn't buy a bike today that could take less than a 42mm tire. And the suppler the better! On Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 11:05:00 AM UTC-7, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > I'm thinking about making the move to Compass tires on my commuter Sam. > Which ones would you all recommend for an urban commute on not great roads? > I would use Stan's or similar in Schwalbe extralight tubes to try and keep > the weight reasonable and still reduce the number of flats as close to my > ideal (0) as possible. > What say you wise ones? > > Jay > -- 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.
