Thanks for all the thoughts. I'm definitely curious how things would be different tubeless, but am on Dyads, so not happening soon--unless someone has a tubeless wheelset they want to trade for Dyads . . .
The update here is that I did get the Terra Speeds in 40mm. FWIW, a better comparison would be the Steilacooms (38 RH knobbies right?). They are fast on the road--no exact measurements, but they didn't feel horribly slow coming from Snoqualmie ELs. They have a much lighter steering feel--more like the RH 38mm as opposed to the 44mm--I like that change. I adjusted to the road feel of the Snoqualmies, but it always felt clunky, like it took extra effort for turns, hard to make quick adjustments. Off road, the traction is decent, got me through a few muddy underpasses that the herse tires can't handle. They feel tougher than the RH tires in my hand, but IDK what that really means. The biggest negative is volume. They are MUCH smaller than the snoqualmie passes, and it really shows up in gravel washes, sand, etc, where the Terra Speeds CUT and twist into things that the Herse tires float right over. (not a fair comparison, the 38mm RH tires have this same issue, maybe slightly less so) Overall, I'm not sure. My favorite combo is still Hurricane Ridge EL front, Snoqualmie Pass EL rear, but the tight fit in front under my fenders is sketchy, and can't seem to avoid cuts, sidewall gashes, etc. I'm curious if anyone's tried the Terra Speed 45mm? That might be interesting. Right now, the 40mm, must be around 36-38mm, but maybe they'll stretch out closer to 40. enough tire nerding Adam On Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 3:19:12 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > On Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 12:13:56 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > > I've been riding Snoqualnie Pass standard casings tubeless on my Homer > with nary a flat until recently, and after the 3rd flat this summer I have > retired them. They had a good life but now seem too worn to keep going > reliably. The rear eventually stretches a couple mm's in width over time > which last year prompted a front/rear flip, but now both are stretched > which might just be the tell tale sign they are done. > > > The tell-tale sign for me that tires are done is that you've worn through > the rubber and are now into the cords (see attached picture). Stretching is > no reason to retire a tire --- if that's the sign for wear then after a > couple of days my tires are worn since they always stretch! If you're > retiring tires just because of 1-2mm of stretch (bulges are another story > --- those are indicative of a failure about to happen) then you're > prematurely retiring tires. Now, certain tires (notably Continental tires) > have sidewalls so weak that you're more likely to retire them from sidewall > failure than from tread wear. I haven't run any panaracers long enough to > know whether that's the case for them. > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cac6fd2d-a182-47f6-99e3-387136478125n%40googlegroups.com.
