Neil wrote: "I seem to recall Jan stating that 700c tire fatness is optimal at about 35mm, and that going wider is...sub-optimal?" I have seen Jan's writing on optimal size (it seems like for him 650b at 42), but he knows other people have different needs, either due to human size, frame size, or other things, they may want a tire as skinny as 26mm (is that the smallest they offer?) or as wide as 55mm.
Edwin On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:48:35 AM UTC-5, Neil Doran wrote: > > Just when you thought Compass was out of fat-tire ideas, behold: > https://www.compasscycle.com/shop/components/tires/700c/compass-700c-x-55-antelope-hill-tc/ > > I seem to recall Jan stating that 700c tire fatness is optimal at about > 35mm, and that going wider is...sub-optimal? Maybe he will chime in here. > > I can't imagine many non-disc-brake frames fitting these monsters, but I > wonder if I could squeeze them into my Sam with sidepull 559s. It will only > cost me a small fortune to find out. > -- 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.
