Excellent point, Andy. I have indeed noticed my Racing Ralphs are excellent at not collecting much mud or snow and then rapidly throwing off any that does get on. I suspect a combination of tread pattern and compound.
With abandon, Patrick On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 5:04:24 AM UTC-6, ascpgh wrote: > > Tread compounds vary in affinity to mud and snow. I'm sure there is some > intention to that attribute. I had a set of Tioga Route 66 "mud" tires that > , despite a full knobby pattern, didn't fill in and accumulate mud. The > unintentional benefit I discovered was that snow didn't stick either. > > A later 2.2" knobby tire in the snow complete with "bad idea" fenders: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P2WGf3g-Hcw/VW2ZmKBchhI/AAAAAAAACbw/DIy9F_O8musi3jdQzx_wZHcCMgTvFX34QCL4C/s1600/DSC00854.JPG> > > > Andy Cheatham > > Pittsburgh > > > On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 6:43:26 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Oddly I do not notice more detritus pickup with Racing Ralphs than >> Thunder Burts, though I certainly imagine they do, it's just not noticeable. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 4:31:14 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> >>> Question, Patrick: the Thunderburt knobs are hardly bigger than those on >>> the F Freds. Still: are the knobs too big for comfort and fenders together? >>> I suppose that by the time you are at the Racing Ralph or R&R size-knob, >>> you are clearly at more risk. >>> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
