on 4/16/10 7:53 PM, Mike at mjawn...@gmail.com wrote: > I love the tire clearance on my Hilsen. I had to take the fenders off > my Hilsen to deal with some hardware issues and decided to throw on > the Schwalbe 700x40s from my commuter bike. I was inspired by Grant's > recent post and this PDF he threw up: > > http://www.rivbike.com/assets/payloads/290/original_My_bike.pdf > > Something about this looks so right. > > I met up with some friends doing a fleche and rode with them for the > first 15 miles or so. Climbing up to Skyline the tires felt a bit > sluggish. On the way home I dropped into Forest Park and did about 7 > or 8 miles of fire roads. While they were sluggish on the road they > were perfect for the dirt. I'll be putting the Jack Browns on next > week for my last two brevets but once I'm done with those perhaps I'll > put the Marathons back on. It's nice to have a bike designed for tires > between 32 and 40. I sure wish Panaracer would do a 700x40 T-serve. A > 700x40 Kojak would be nice too. > > Here's a picture of my Hilsen with the Marathons: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335...@n00/4526693063/
Wow. That is a serious beast with those. I've been kind of toying with the idea of "what to do next" when I finally wear out my non-JB's (forcing myself to use them as the JB's have ruined me for most other tires.) Kind of thought I might some bigger tires. Is the 40 about max? - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Current Classics Bicycle Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc Cross Bike Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cx Single Speed Garage Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/ssg Working Bikes & Practical Hardware - http://www.cyclofiend.com/working Work Shops of the iBob's - http://www.cyclofiend.com/shop Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
