With everyone refreshing their old bikes this year, the supply of 26” tires has really been strained. It should be a temporary interruption.
Eric On Friday, August 28, 2020, Michael Hechmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Our touring tandem has 26" wheels, and yes when we bought the bike ten > years ago I got, much to my regret, talked out of 650B. All water under > the bridge. We rode Schawbe Marathon Racers 1.5" for 6 years and then > switched to Compass 1.75. The latter have thinner, tan sidewalls which > have worn out way before the tread. Now, in search of tires I am not > finding much in the way of 26" tires not designed for mt bike single > track. The Marathon Racers still seems to exist in theory, but we haven't > been able to actually find one to buy. Compass still has 26" tires, but > with light weight sidewalls and a $71 price tag. Any other leads > appreciated. > > The opening words on the RBW tire page proclaim that GP would prefer to > carry fewer tire choices, but one good medium duty 26" road tire could > corner the market. > > Michael > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0fc6f308-f2dc-409b-9066- > 641ff43b26cao%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0fc6f308-f2dc-409b-9066-641ff43b26cao%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5ChReQ0RzDFLqnLTxZvRPSsHyB5EROkc_A3YJ-K3nXRvQ%40mail.gmail.com.
