On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 20:04 -0600, rswat...@me.com wrote: > The Hetre is my Favorite tire ever, but only on pavement. It has no tread to > speak of and feels much less secure in dirt than a CDLV or Trimline to me. > I have pathetic off-road skills however.
What does "dirt" mean to you? When I speak of "dirt road riding" I'm talking about Northern Virginia gravel roads. The base is very hard, sometimes with some loose small gravel on top but usually not. Occasional to severe potholes and washboard, but basically graded and not too much in the way of sharp rocks or ruts. Tread, especially knobby tread, would do absolutely nothing for you on a surface like that: there's no way rubber any softer than granite would dig into it. You'd need a pick axe to dig in to that stuff. What does help is a wide, secure footprint and the Hetre sure has that. -- 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.
