Thank you all for your thoughts on tires! I've learned a lot by reading these responses and have enjoyed the different view points. Thanks for taking the time to respond with your experience and advice. It sounds like there are lots of options that would enhance the Platy's ride.
BTW, my Platy frame arrived today via the big brown truck. Alas, still awaiting the wheels. --Joyce On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 7:28:21 PM UTC-7 divis...@gmail.com wrote: > At every given shared size, GravelKing Slicks split the weight difference > between analogous Rene Herse extralight and standard casing models. To my > eyes, the tread on the GKs is indistinguishable from the RH slick tread (as > with the Pacenti Pari-Motos which were the progenitors of both lines, and > the supple fat road tire niche as a whole). The key differences between the > GKs and the RHs are: The GKs have clearly brown sidewalls, rather than > tan/gum, and the GKs cost $10-40 less apiece. My hunch is that Panaracer > saw that RH and Grand Bois were selling tires at $80, and figured they > could make something comparable under their own label at $50 MSRP. > > I've currently got four sets of Compass/RH tires (Chinook Pass, Stampede > Pass light+standard, Bon Jon Pass standard), and they're all swell - the > 700x28 CPs were revalatory, and I've avoided buying heavy tires since. I > bought the 700x35 GK slicks to compare with the BJPs; I've been riding the > GKs around on my pack mule for the last few months, and they're great once > you get the pressure down to the right point. I'll soon swap the BJPs onto > my go-fast wheelset in place of the SP standards. The 700x35s won't fit on > all the frames between which I rotate that wheelset... > > Peter "need to stay wide enough to keep from falling in sewer grates at > the corners" Adler > Berkeley, CA/USA > > > On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6:52:44 PM UTC-7 Jason Fuller wrote: > > >> That said - they'll be snug under 52mm fenders, and I'd be tempted to >> stick to 38mm for that reason. I can't imagine the Gravel Kings are much >> different than the Rene Herse, but I'd still go Rene Herse for my money. I >> run those Babyshoes under 58mm fenders > > -- 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/68abb64f-3578-48b5-b6b5-d3e2935f6486n%40googlegroups.com.
