Amen. I'm running the Compass Barlow Pass Extralight 38mm on my 700C LHT, and Compass 1.75" on my 26" Trucker DeLuxe (I know, two LHTs, call me eccentric). I ride both on all terrains, which in Eastern Massachusetts includes a ration of single track and plenty of rocky "abandoned carriage roads", gravel in various form factors, and many, many miles of pavement. I suspect this represents a fairly typical use case for LHT owners running Jan's tires; last year, I ran the 32mm Grand Bois Cypres EL, actually bought a second pair against future need, then switched to the wider Barlow Pass when they became available and haven't looked back.
I'd be happy to try a 42mm Compass tire on the 700C, and a 2" Compass on the 26", should Jan ever choose to make them; if he never does, I'll still be eternally grateful for the transforming effect of the tires he did make on these bikes: wow! One more wish, if wishes are being entertained: an Extralight variant of the Compass 1.75", if technically and commercially feasible, would be a wonderful thing. Thanks, Jan! rod On Thursday, September 4, 2014 6:59:59 AM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 09/04/2014 01:10 AM, Anne Paulson wrote: > > A rider with a 29er who wants to do road or mixed terrain rides is the > > use case for the Compass 700 x 38. They're not putting any 700 x 32 > > tires on those wide rims, or at least, they probably shouldn't. > > Surely not the only use case. There are plenty of Surly LHTs (and, of > course, Atlantises) out there that could benefit from nicer rubber. I > see many more LHTs than I do 29ers. > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
