My best price performance point is with GB Hetre ELs, but Gravelkings have better flat protection (not quite as nice ride imo). I have not tried the SOMA GRs, which are priced well too.
Lots of nice tires as Franklyn says. Toshi On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 1:17 PM franklyn <sini...@msn.com> wrote: > There is a thread on the 650b group on tires, which may pertain here. I > used to have the Bleriot and it can fit 42mm tires with fenders. For this > width, I think the other thread mentioned GB Hetres, Rene Herse Babyshoe > Pass, and Panaracer Parimoto and Gravelking slicks. There are probably > other possibilities: Panaracer Pasela in various widths, Soma Grand > Randonneurs. > > There is a wealth of variety of 650b tires in the 35mm to 50mm now! > > Franklyn > On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 1:03:03 PM UTC-7 Joel Stern wrote: > >> That should be and one Panaracer, sorry for the typo >> >> >> On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 3:59:33 PM UTC-4, Joel Stern wrote: >>> >>> I currently have Grand Bois on the Bleriot. They start out with very >>> little tread and now are pretty slick. I miscalculated the miles on my >>> bike, the speedometer says just under 7,000 miles, I think this was a new >>> computer when I put it on the bike so this bike may very well have this >>> mileage. I have 2 more sets of these same tires but I also have a NOS set >>> of Nifty Swifty's, stored in my basement and look fine, as one Panaracer >>> Col De Vie Randonee with another that was used on the rollers as a rear >>> tire with a fork mount, maybe a dozen times and looks new. I am looking for >>> the smoothest most comfortable ride... both to protect my back and my >>> hands. Any thoughts from those that have used these or is there another >>> tire to consider? >>> >>> Thanks much >>> >>> Joel >>> >> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/31a1b763-5b23-4da9-bd46-a1d7c4d1b366n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/31a1b763-5b23-4da9-bd46-a1d7c4d1b366n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGB59xz2yDGew17WjTbF5YUDMOZkH6ijg2cGZjRQbdgcNM%3DsjQ%40mail.gmail.com.
