Recently placed some 35mm (33mm measured width) Schwalbe Marathon Supremes on my Sam, and am surprised at how nicely they ride at 35-40 PSI.
Was riding 43mm GravelKing SS (not SS+, and not SKs), which were also nice. But I didn’t need the side mini-knobs, as I do not ride off-road, and the road I most often ride is recently very nicely re-paved. I am on the lookout for 36-40mm lightweight smooth and lightweight tires, and may move to 36-40mm Challenge Strada Biancas or GravelKing slicks, or maybe Shikoro 38s. All are pricey. Maybe I'll just look for some 37mm Paselas. Recently tried 55mm Antelope Hill tires on a bike, they felt heavy and bouncy and sluggish on the uphills, and unsure on twisty descents. The first part of my typical ride is a half hour of climbing, gradually increasing, and any relief is welcome! Like others here, found 32mm Paselas very nice for ride and handling on the Rambouillet, and 38-42mm on our Bleriots, and 30mm Avocet slicks on my Riv Road Standard. Anyone else surprised at how (relatively, I know) thin are the tires mentioned by everyone here? I expected everything to be in the 42-48mm range, but it's more like 10mm less! I read the referenced online article. Anyone else wonder if there was a mea culpa on the “Rather than worry about ‘too much tire’ for an event, maybe we should think about ‘too much handlebar’” statement to Lennard Zinn’s recent posting? I wondered how the writer arrived at the conclusion, “…the wide tires felt a little bouncy at first. This didn’t slow me down…” I’d think there’d be skepticism if a cyclist wrote the same about a full suspension bike. I sometimes miss Jobst and the days of wreck.bikes.tech. Cheers, Chris SB, CA On Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 2:31:39 PM UTC-7 ttoshi wrote: > My custom Riv--designed for long rando rides uses a 650b x 42 mm tire > (currently Grand Bois Hetre EL). I love them. My Roadeo uses 700c x ~31mm > Grand Bois Cypres EL. It is not as smooth riding as the 42 mm tires, but I > am still very comfortable and don't feel like I "need" wider tires. I've > done up to 300 km brevets and double centuries with the Roadeo. > > On my custom I do not see a need for wider tires on asphalt, but could see > a use for gravel/mixed terrain riding... > > On my 700c Ram, I did feel like there was degradation of handling if the > tire size was too high because of the increased BB height, but that was my > own personal anecdotal experience. If you are loving the ride with the > wide tires, then you can definitely go with that and ride great long rides. > > Toshi in Oakland. > > -- 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/327bbe18-4fa2-4bf4-b873-2eb1fa39d229n%40googlegroups.com.
