Re: [RBW] Riding on borrowed time? Or, thank you Kenda tubes, for your elasticity.

2020-06-29 Thread Garth
That's good to know as for my Susie I bought Schwalbe SV19A(ultralight) tubes and by golly those babies are gonna fit 2.6" tires no problemo ! On Monday, June 29, 2020 at 10:58:36 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > This may or may not be relevant to your question and to your needs, but >

Re: [RBW] Riding on borrowed time? Or, thank you Kenda tubes, for your elasticity.

2020-06-29 Thread Patrick Moore
This addendum requires clarification: I meant to say that I've not found that "stretching" skinny tubes in fatter tires leads to more flats per mile, either without sealant and with patches, or with sealant and without patches. On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:58 AM Patrick Moore wrote: > ... (And

Re: [RBW] Riding on borrowed time? Or, thank you Kenda tubes, for your elasticity.

2020-06-29 Thread Patrick Moore
This may or may not be relevant to your question and to your needs, but for decades I've been using 559 X1" or 650C ("See") X 23 mm tubes in 32 mm tires and even, at need, in tires up to 60 mm wide, tho' the last only for brief periods in the absence of fatter tubes. But I plan to use the 26X1

[RBW] Riding on borrowed time? Or, thank you Kenda tubes, for your elasticity.

2020-06-28 Thread LeRoy
My 59 Clem H came to me second (or third) hand and I was pleased to receive it with Schwalbe Big Apple 50mm tires. It seems to be accepted wisdom that the Kenda tires originally fitted to Clems are not on many people's wish list. After a couple thousand miles in my use, and who knows how many