Last year, on a 60 mile ride in snow/rain mix, temp about freezing. Two flats on basically new Schwalbe Big Apples. The second one was close enough that rode 10 miles on the rim. This was on the Atlantis (Riv-related content). Otherwise, this thread is going pretty far afield from the group.
Also, I just find it pretty tough to patch tires in the cold (i.e., below freezing). Probably am just more picky about tires getting flats than most. Eric Platt (who again considers any tire 35mm wide or under to be seriously skinny) On Jan 8, 8:25 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, 170 and 1,701 miles exactly from the rear Turbo with no casing showing > and punctures still very rare; swapped out because thread was paper thin, > proactively and not reactively. NM, not MN. > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:18 AM, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not Tim, but will answer anyway. > > 1. Already do. Schwalbe Marathon Supremes are more than that. Retail > > is $70. And good studded tires are also in the $60 range. And I > > happen to think the Nokian and Schwalbe studded tires are "high > > end".<grin> > > > 2. Yes with a caveat - it has to last more than 1000 miles. It's one > > reason I never have and never will buy a Grand Bois tire. With my > > body weight of 230, 1k appears to be a best case scenario for > > durability. At least with the road conditions in Minnesota. > > > Anyway, a skinny (to me), decent 559 tire shouldn't be that difficult > > or expensive. A 1.25 inch wide Pasela would probably fill the bill > > for many folks. And Panaracer lists those on the website. > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN > > > On Jan 7, 9:17 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 19:08 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: > > > > But such a tire would have 5000 times the market that a 650B tire > > > > has. There may be fewer than 1000 650B wheeled bikes in the US (I'd > > > > say it's quite likely but I've got no proof). 650B is a very, very > > > > minor player in the market which is ruled by 700C and 559 (not in > > > > that order). A good 559 would have a much larger potential market by > > > > several orders of magnitude. > > > > Two questions you have to ask yourself: > > > > 1. Would you pay $60 for a high end 559 tire? > > > > 2. Would you put up $120 to buy a pair of as-yet nonexistent high end > > > 559 tires in order to make possible the development of the new tire? > > > > I'm guessing the answer is "no" to both. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > (505) 227-0523- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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