Thanks for the feedback Jon. Those are some great looking bikes! It's kind of funny how we talk about 33 mm tires as being narrow.
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 2:21:31 PM UTC-4, jtallman wrote: > > Tim, > I have 2 Sam Hillbornes, the first one being an orange 56 cm canti brake > version that I bought in the summer of 2009. I have tried several different > tires on it over the years, including a set of Jack Browns. I have also > found that I enjoy the ride of the Sam more with narrower tires. Four years > ago I built up a pair of 27 inch wheels from some spare rims I had and put > them on my Sam along with some 27 x 1 1/4 Paselas. I have rarely had 700c > tires on it since then. > > https://flic.kr/p/fQisoc > > I have a blue 55 cm Sam that I bought just over 2 years ago and it has > only had a 27 inch wheelset with SwiftTire SandCanyon tires from Loose > Screws. You can get them from Amazon. > > https://www.amazon.com/Panaracer-SwiftTire-inch-Folding-Tire/dp/B01DLN93L4 > > Blue Sam here: https://flic.kr/p/GpM8Nv > > Not suggesting that you should abandon your wheelset, but letting you know > your not completely alone in preferring "narrower" tires on a Sam! > > Jon Tallman > > On Monday, May 1, 2017 at 7:17:00 PM UTC-4, Broccoli Cog wrote: >> >> I have been fusing with different tires on my Sam every since I purchased >> it late last summer. I thought I wanted to go as wide as possible and have >> the ability to ride on multi surfaces. The reality is that 95% of my riding >> time on the Sam is on the road. I also have P45 fenders mounted which left >> very little clearance for the 40 mm tires. Some of you may recall me >> wrestling with the fenders. I decided to try riding the bike with 33mm >> tires on it. I had a pair of Clement LAS file treads in my basement so I >> decided to give them a try. Although not an absolute, in my opinion a 33mm >> tire or something in that range seems to be the sweet spot for the Sam. >> When I rode it this morning it was noticeably more nimble. Another big plus >> for me is that they easily cleared the fenders. I had been thinking about >> buying a set of Compass Barlow Pass tires but my experience with the 33's >> had be second guessing. Since the Compass tires have yet to arrive on our >> shores I decided to look elsewhere. I was able to find a guy on another >> forum selling a set of Jack Brown Blue's that he mounted but never ending >> up riding. I picked them up for a good price so I am pretty excited to try >> them. I'll report back once I have spent some time riding on them. >> >> Tim >> > -- 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.
