Hi Shawn I've been mulling over the same dilemma: Big Ben or Big Apples? In the UK they're both available in the 26 x 2.0 which seems fine with a 60cm mudguard if you're not ploughing through muddy trails. The review from Rivs swing me towards Ben: its's the newer tyre and probably more versatile given the more pronounced tread. Personally I prefer the aesthetics of a less aggressive tread with mudguards though... Pricewise they're about the same too. Horses for courses pehaps... Chris
On Monday, February 18, 2013 1:20:23 PM UTC, shawn wrote: > All thanks for the input. I am glad to hear that many of you have ridden > this ride with BA and were happy with their performance. I have only ridden > a short distance on the BAs and they feel great, especially going down my > long rough gravel drive way. I was concerned that the tires might be too > heavy and slow, but again it is a tour and not a race. After reading a few > of the comments about mud on the C&O, I am starting to wonder if I might be > better with the Big or Little Ben tire. I worked really hard to get my 60mm > Berthoud installed with the 50mm BAs and was concerned that if I did drop > down in tire size the fenders would not look right with smaller tires. Here > is a pic of my Atlantis. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenwayrider/8483800970/in/photostream > > I know this is subjective, but what is the smallest tire you can run with > 60mm Berthound fenders and maintain a good fender line? > > Thanks > > > On Sunday, February 17, 2013 7:21:05 AM UTC-5, shawn wrote: >> >> I am doing the GAP and C&O from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C. in May and >> was wondering what the opinion was of using 50mm Big Apples for this ride. >> Thanks in advance. >> Shawn >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
