Hi Andrew - thanks for the insight! There was a review someplace about the benefit of mixing a smooth with a knobby, just can't remember exactly what the benefit was! Scott - Amherst MA On Friday, August 19, 2022 at 10:57:33 AM UTC-4 Andrew Turner wrote:
> Scott, I've swapped between both Hatcher Pass and Oracle Ridge tires on my > Monstercross and can confidently say both do surprisingly well off-road. > Where I live, when things get really rough, they're often really wet as > well so the Oracle Ridge tires had slightly more grip in those slippery > conditions but truly slightly. Having both on the same bike honestly seems > like the way to go since I couldn't ever make up my mind of which tire I > preferred. > > Andrew > TN > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 9:07 AM greenteadrinkers <greentea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Eric, currently I have 700c 48mm Oracle Ridge standard casing tires >> (tubeless) usually around 24 psi on my 54cm Sam. My local roads are a mix >> of smooth to broken pavement, gravel, double track, and some single track. >> I've found the 48's are smooth, quiet, and confident. Aside from road, can >> you speak to the 44mm Snoqualmie Pass tires on mixed surfaces? I'm >> considering swapping out the rear Oracle Ridge with a slick Hatcher Pass >> 48mm, I like the idea that you can mix and match. >> >> Thx! >> Scott - Amherst MA >> >> On Friday, August 19, 2022 at 12:53:16 AM UTC-4 brendonoid wrote: >> >>> I love the Rene Herse options but if the conditions aren't perfect, >>> Panaracer Paselas are just so good on damp/wet roads for confidence braking >>> and cornering. >>> I run the biggest (38s) on my two mainly road bikes, the Homer and the >>> Holdsworth. If they made a 42-44 in the Pasela I probably wouldn't go back >>> to the much more expensive Jan Heine creations. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/P_SFevAzqxQ/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/03f2ba84-ad56-4b7a-abb8-630dd07986dan%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/03f2ba84-ad56-4b7a-abb8-630dd07986dan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/b239d08d-6372-461d-a604-4372cba6cd67n%40googlegroups.com.
