I didn't lose any fillings due to their lack of subtleness. Subtle tires
are okay and certainly have their place but there's not a deal breaker for
a good time randonneuring (pun intended).
>
> --mike
>
Oops. Bad typo there. Replace subtleness and subtle with suppleness and
supple respective
>
>
>
> I and other Randonneurs/Randonneuses ride big mileage on our Rivendells,
> but I personally am an adherent of the Jan Heine school of thought when it
> comes to tires and I don't think I would like to ride a Schwalbe Marathon.
>
I've used Paselas, JB greens & blues, T-serves, Marathon S
Behalf Of Bill Lindsay
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:48 PM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] Attn: Big mileage riders
The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
"Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a really
bw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] Attn: Big mileage riders
On 08/14/2014 01:48 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
> The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
>
> "Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a
> really long
On 08/14/2014 01:48 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
"Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a
really long time, so the misery is extended."
The far end of the "stout tire" spectrum is solid rubber tires.
Totally. I have uberstout Force Field Fatty Rumpkins on my "touring bike",
and paper thin ubersupple Pari-Motos on the brevet bike, and lots of things
in-between on the rest of the fleet.
On Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:59:32 AM UTC-7, Jim Bronson wrote:
>
> I agree that tires are personal to
I agree that tires are personal to each rider, I was just trying to point
out that not all people who ride a lot of miles like to ride tires like the
Marathon.
In my case for my uses, the Pari-Motos are too fragile, the Compass tires
are about right, and the Marathons are too heavy. But to each h
The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
"Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a really
long time, so the misery is extended."
The far end of the "stout tire" spectrum is solid rubber tires. Solid
rubber tires may last for 30,000 miles
This thread might be more accurately titled with something along the lines
of "for those who like to get big mileage out of their tires"
I and other Randonneurs/Randonneuses ride big mileage on our Rivendells,
but I personally am an adherent of the Jan Heine school of thought when it
comes to tire
