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up:
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I would agree that Thunder Burts are equally awesome, amazingly fast.
Switched because saving them for the muddier days, and tail seasons when I
generally do more off road vs. dirt road. Sadly, I heard that Schwalbe
discontinued this model in the 26" size.
On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 2:39:47 PM
If you've timed yourself under similar wind/fitness conditions, and the
Atlantis is measurably (as opposed to psychosomatically) slower, I don't
think switching out the RTP (except maybe for the EL version) will alter
that outcome in any measurable sense worth the effort/expense. But if you
hav
I'll break from the pack and the compass RTP suggestions and say when I had
my Atlantis I ran Schwalbe 26 x 2.1 Thunder Burt's and they were noticeably
fast and plush at the same time, I wish Schwalbe made them in 26x2.4 which
would be dreamy. I will disclose that they are not a great choice for
Won't crush many on Strava but certainly slower on the Atlantis and the RTP
vs my Bob Jackson Audax.
I am trading my Audax for a fat bike and want to hold off buying anything
until I figure out my housing situation (or need, even - Will be listing
my Bob Jackson Vigorelli as well soon..)
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William--I'm riding the standards, not the ELs. They were great all winter, but
now that construction season has hit, the roads are pretty bad.
Thanks for the advice! I will consider all of those options.
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John G.: Are you riding the EL Snoqualmies? Sorry to hear about your rash of
flats. I recently had Rich Lesnick build me a new Atlas rim wheelset for my
Appaloosa and I've shod it with the standard Snoqs. No flats yet, but because
I'm weary of flats on my limited time weekday rides, I've been us
I put RTP's on and won't go back. I'm not any faster or slower than when I
had 1.50 s on my Atlantis. But fast is beyond my reach now. I figure if I
can rde the same route in the same amount of time on RTP's vs 1.50 tires
with the same effort and super compfy it's all good..
On Sunday, June 25
Ha! Well, Jan's "Kool-Aid" says if you have rough trails or roads you may
want the standard for the thicker sidewall, so you kind of are drinking the
Kool-Aid. Grin. If you haven't seen it, this blog post explores some of the
differences in tire sizes and why Jan's sized them the way he has for
Compass Rat Traps if you have 26" wheels. I have them on my Atlantis and
can't say enough good things about them. I run the Extra lights, on my
'car', so they get tons of use. The tread is holding up well, much better
than I thought they would. When these wear out, I'll probably run the
regular
I'm riding Continental's Travel Contact 1.75. Really like and work on dirt
too.
On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 6:39:16 PM UTC-7, Belopsky wrote:
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> I may be getting rid of my other geared road bike and may just see how I
> do with the Atlantis as my all-arounder in the mean time.
> I currently h
Igor,
I'm on the same quest! I'm not trying to turn the Atlantis into a crit
bike, but I have limited space and I really want an all-rounder. The
Atlantis felt a bit ploddy with Schwalbes on it. I'm now running Compass
Snoqualmies on my 61cm Atlantis. Another thing that made me a bit zippier:
That's what I was thinking Philip.
On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 12:05:06 AM UTC-4, Philip Kim wrote:
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> Compass naches pass?
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I would tend to agree with Dave. I ride a lot of dirt roads and bad
pavement and find that 38 - 41 MM tires are very nice for both on the
single. We run 45's on the tandem. Tires much above that seem more like
they are optimized for fire trails. A little bit of tread doesn't hurt at
all. C
the Rat Trap Pass but not the EL. Roads here are terrible and I didn't
drink all of Jan's Kool-Aid. ;)
On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 10:26:25 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote:
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> If RTP = Rat Trap Pass ELs, I'd say you have the quintessential all round
> set up with surprisingly little compromise
If RTP = Rat Trap Pass ELs, I'd say you have the quintessential all round
set up with surprisingly little compromise (if any) on the road to gain
amazing plush off road tires. Jan has put a lot of experience and testing
into his tires and their sizes for wheel sizes.
With abandon,
Patrick
On S
I took off the RTP's and switched to the compass 26x1.8" (41-42mm actual)
and much prefer them for pure road use. I don't know if they are any
faster, they may not be, but I like the road feel better. The RTP make you
feel sort of disconnected from the road. RTP's are better on the gravel
thoug
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