All improvements are governed by the law of diminishing returns. Going from 28 mm tires to 38 mm tires yields a big improvement on comfort; from 38 to 48mm offers offers less but still noticeable improvement in comfort without any noticeable loss in rolling. Going from 48 to 58 will yield little improvement in comfort while complicating other things, like frame design, brake choice & fender selection. My tandem rode very comfortably on 1.5 tires for 5 years. Last year I went with 1.8 (which also required new brakes) and liked the improvement, but it was not huge, even with 450lbs of weight on them. I have ridden a single on the C&O very comfortably on 38 mm tires.
Michael On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 7:53:38 AM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > I ran Compass 700c x 35mm regular casing on my Burly tandem for a 2-3 day > 135 mile C&O canal and rail trail ride to July's ago. Combined team and > cargo weight was a pretty robust ~450lbs. I had three flats the first day, > all rear, exhausting my spare tubes. After adjusting weight to front > panniers and being more mindful of my steering technique day 2 was much > better - it also was over half on pavement. > > Anyway, we haven't done significant mileage since due to pregnancy and > having a small child but when we do return to the tandem it'll be with a > heavier tire. > > I love compass tires and maybe the 48's, especially tubeless, would be > enough cushion to overcome the flat problems I had. I did have some > correspondence with cold after the fact and they recommended upping the > tire pressure to about for the extra weight which also seems smart. > > Tony > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
