I think the Kojaks look have a really cool moto look, especially the fat ones. When I bore of the 26x2.15 Big Bens on my commuter, I'll either get Kojaks or some ThunderBurts in 26", if there are any left.
For the OP, I imagine the Little Big Ben 700x40s are as indestructible as the 26 inchers. I've put almost 2,000 miles on mine since August with no noticeable wear or flats, and they roll well. On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 11:25:35 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I commuted across town for several years on 559 X 32 mm non-Tourguard > Paselas. They ride well for the price, but FWIW, I found them rather > delicate (sidewalls started to decay after a year or so in the sun; I once > scraped an inch of tread off the rear casing with an unplanned skid), and > very liable to goathead -- and other types of -- flats. I found Kojaks to > roll as well and to be far less liable to punctures and damage. > > Perhaps the 700C X 38s have a thicker tread? The 559 X 32 (1.25") models > weighed only 240 grams on a mail scale. > > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 9:19 AM, EasyRider <peter...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have 700x38 Panaracer Paselas on my Rosco, in the non-tourguard >> version. A new pair go for about $50. I have the same tire in 32 on an RBT >> and had 1.75s on a Trek 950 before swapping out to Big Bens out of boredom. >> Most of my 14 mile daily roundtrip commute is on bike paths and city >> streets, and I can't remember the last time I got a flat with plain old >> Paselas. If I were going to ride a lot on road shoulders I'd probably look >> to a Schwalbe Marathon or the like. Besides the Barlow Pass, I'm interested >> in the 700x40 Clement Xplors. >> >> -- 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.
