Bert, consider buying Vittoria, Pirelli or Challenge tires from Spain. I always buy tires in 3's. My last invoice for 3 Vittoria Corsa Pro included $18 import duty pre-paid, $20 post - Total was $197 for 3 tires with onshore USM price of $125/
On Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 5:30:54 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > For rides that split miles of pavement with miles of non-sandy dirt, I > ponder a second wheelset with 44 to 50 mm smooth, extra light, and supple > road tires (“road” = “no tread”). > > My “main” wheelset, for combined fast pavement and sandy dirt riding has > the really nice Thunderburts, the lightest model, at 54 digital mm. > > A tubeless setup would be the most convenient. > > The most obvious tire candidates are the RH Snoqualmie Pass and the > Hatcher Pass, both the extralight models. > > But (1) I had a helluva time getting RH standard casing Oracle Ridges to > play nice in tubeless format, and (2) if I can save $$ on a purchase of at > least 3 tires (spare), I’m not adverse. > > Upshot: what other tires in the smooth-tread 44 to 50 mm width roll > superlatively smoothly and set up tubeless without a lot of grief? > > I used to use the ineffably fast-rolling 622 x 60 Schwalbe Big Ones, the > lightest (450 digital grams!!!!) model, but I don’t want 60 mm, I want > more, like, 44 to 46 mm for this auxliliaruy wheelset. I read about the > excessively prolifioc G One product portfolio. Is there anything amongst > the G One lineup, or elsewhere in their utterly unintelligible product > portfolio? > > Again, light, supple, treadless, 44 to 50 mm. > > Ta, Luv. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- 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/bce576a0-2b75-4744-9957-73933f04b32bn%40googlegroups.com.
