Steve, Your Platy looks great with the new Byways. Thank you for the review of the tires. What rims and fenders are you running on your bike? I want to go wider on my Platy too and am currently using a Dyad rim with Shikoro 42s. If I get wider tires, I'll need a different fender set up. Yours look sleek and stealthy. Thanks!
--Joyce On Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 9:12:47 AM UTC-7 Steve wrote: > I'd been contemplating stepping up the tires on my Platypus from 42mm to > something in the 48 - 50mm range. The Byways were not on my radar, in fact > I had sort of ruled them out. When I saw them though at a deeply discounted > price at a local bike shop I succumbed to impulse and grabbed them. I > mounted them with butyl tubes and have been riding them at 30 -32 psi. On > the Velocity Quill rims they measure just over 46mm. > > My impressions so far: Fast rolling and quiet on pavement. Excellent on > hardpack dirt and gravel. Just enough cush to smooth out the moderately > chunky stuff. The side knobs seem more cosmetic than functional, though > they likely add protection for the side walls. In short, they make the > Platypus more of an all rounder for the roads and trails I like to ride. > > Anyone else have experience with these? > > Steve in AVL > [image: 5EE4FD2A-B766-45B0-B237-89CABB5EAB6C_1_201_a.jpeg] > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b37c3607-edc9-4ce6-b923-a47c918e43cen%40googlegroups.com.
