My son is a member of this group, rides several rivs and is the reason i have the cheviot with 650b 42 tires. Specifically, he was concerned with the continental tour rides they put on it. Riv response is you don't go fast when you get flats. I get that, but you also don't want to be lagging behind in the herd of rivs.
Haven't had a chance to even show my new bike to my son yet. But my husband seems to be riding faster than me and that's not the plan On Mar 29, 2015 2:16 PM, "dougP" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > "I may be predisposed to not love the tires it came with cuz my son said > they are slow/heavy. suggestions from this group? " > > In my experience, people who tell me my tires are slow & heavy don't have > much experience with good quality chubby tires. The impression of big > tires being slow is often based on experience with cheap MTB knobbies or > beach cruisers. If your son is riding narrow high pressure tires it's no > surprise this would be his opinion. I'd say to ride the bike as-is & see > how you feel about the speed. I think Grant wrote about riding with people > who wouldn't leave you behind. Our children, OTH, can be a special case. > If he's that fast, tell him to circle back. He'll get more miles in that > way. > > dougP > > On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 1:40:52 PM UTC-7, KC wrote: >> >> Not sure I'm happy with my standard build tires. I am not looking for >> extreme speed by any means, but don't want to be lagging behind. 50cm >> cheviot 650b 42. I may be predisposed to not love the tires it came with >> cuz my son said they are slow/heavy. suggestions from this group? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/I_k95lYXxdM/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
