Re: Supermotos vs. Big Apples: The Big Apples are wire bead with a Kevlar (or similar) belt for flat protection. In 26"/559, they come in 2.0"(50mm), 2.15"(55mm), and 2.35"(60mm).
The Supermotos are a folding bead with no anti-flat belt. I'm relatively sure that in 26", they come only in 2.35"/60mm, and must be imported from the EU. I think they can be found in 29" size domestically. I have experience with Big Apples in 26x2.0" and 2.15" and they are suberb, but I am absolutely in love with the 26"x2.35" Supermotos. I had them on my heavy-as-a-tank touring bike and I felt they were a definite improvement over the Big Apples in both suppleness and rolling resistance (could be entirely psychological, of course), and since moved the pair to my newest project, a Surly Troll with Woodchipper drop bars. I swear that bike rolls so smoothly and sweetly that I'm questioning my need for a separate road bike at all. Seeing Jan Heine and Rawland announce their new foray into big smooth 26" rubber just as I was putting the finishing touches on that bike was kind of vindicating - I'd been calling myself a 26" apologist up to that point! Daniel M Berkeley, CA -- 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.
