I have well over 7,000 miles on a Pugsley with 4” tires and I did think that the large tires would be much slower than “normal” size tires. I looked over my commute data at one point and found that my average speed on the fat bike vs other bikes wasn’t significantly less. This was on lots of hard pack as well as pavement. Maybe once that weight gets rolling it wants to keep rolling?
I did do a commute on my 29 x 2” bike after a long stretch on my fat bike and I felt like I was flying. But even though I felt like I was really moving my average speed was actually less than on my fat bike. I’m building up a tubeless 4” set of wheels currently and am curious how the weight savings will make the bike feel. 8 oz of orange seal should be lighter than a 1 lb tube. Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 28, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure 4" tires would be lovely in sand, but I want something that rolls > sufficiently well on hardpack and pavement. The Big Ones (these are the 60s) > roll superlatively on pavement and hardpack -- they seem to roll as well as > the ineffable Elk Passes, and the Rangers roll better on pavement than any > other knobby I've used, including Maxxis Icons, but they're certainly not as > fast on pavement as the Big Ones. I'd not like to take 1 more step down for > pavement. > > When Rene Herse/Jan start making an extralight 4" tire, I'll consider a fat > bike. > > Tarik, you almost (almost!) have me wondering about a fat bike, but not quite. > >> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 2:14 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Curious: have any of you ridden both 700C and 650B fattish tires in sandy >> terrain, and can you say how the extra ~4 cm difference in height affects >> floatation, or for that matter, cushioning over small bumps like washboard >> or tree roots? >> >> Keeping all things equal, of course: similar tires, widths, pressures, just >> different diameters. >> >> I wonder how the Matthews would feel with true 3" wide 650Bs compared to the >> Monocog with 2.8" wide 700Cs. >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguMVaJGd5UVUQ9HjDp4vp3Wfd%3Di%2Bd0jcK2QpSEG3j-bXw%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5D7D2A38-39D6-46B0-B543-2785CB8FB0B2%40gmail.com.
