Will, isn't one of the main changes to the 2025 Hillborne models the ability to take up to a 48mm tire? There's a photo on the Sam page showing them measuring a 50mm tire that looks like it fits pretty well.
Brian Lexington KY On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM Will Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > I have put a set of Soma Shikoro 700c x 42 tires on my 2025 54 cm Sam > Hillborne, and they feel nice, but I'd like to take this bike on some > occasionally choppy mud and gravel around the Hudson Valley (not doing any > real mountain biking, I promise). I also miss the feel of the Rene Herse > Umtanum Ridge knobby tires that I had been riding on my Clem. Does anyone > know if the Sam will fit a set of 700C x 44 Rene Herse Manastash Ridge > tires, with their standard casing? Kind of a shot in the dark--mostly > wondering about anyone's experience going any bigger than 700c x 42 with > their recent Sam Hillbornes. > > Thanks, > Will in Beacon > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0e5cfb5f-5856-460e-877e-e73c0ef68f4bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0e5cfb5f-5856-460e-877e-e73c0ef68f4bn%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAMKavSBqT%3D%3DBSYAGY_fJsyQmByHKB7fLzpPbWjQGDeO-PTjk%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com.
