In the 44-ish tire size, I use the 700 x 43 Rock 'n Road, which was designed by the late Bruce Gordon. They are good tires at a fair price. I have them mounted on Pacenti Brevet rims on my early 2006 Surly Cross x Check.
Bruce Gordon Cycles — H O M E <https://brucegordoncycles.bigcartel.com/> 1988 Bruce Gordon Rock ‘n Road: A Bike From the Past’s Future – John Watson | The Radavist | A group of individuals who share a love of cycling and the outdoors. <https://theradavist.com/1988-bruce-gordon-rock-n-road> Russell Duncan Western Massachusetts On Monday, December 22, 2025 at 6:12:29 PM UTC-5 Eamon Nordquist wrote: > It's highly recommended to have quite a bit of room between fenders and > tires. Trying to squeeze the biggest tire you can physically cram under a > fender can be dangerous. It becomes too easy for a piece of road debris to > get caught between the tire and the fender. I've gone over the bars from an > accordioned front fender before - piece of branch got caught and pulled > into the fender. It's scary and can happen terrifyingly fast. I like 1.5 > to 2 cm of clearance ideally. Rivendell suggests up to a 38 with fenders, > and 43 without. If you want bigger, maybe a Roadini is not the right bike? > > Eamon > Seattle > On Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 5:10:25 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> I’m looking to get some wider RH tires for my 2025 Roadini. I have the >> SKS fenders on now with 39-40 (measured) tires and still seem to have quite >> a bit of room. If RH sold 42s, I’d get those but they don’t. It’s either 38 >> or 44. So I’m thinking the 44s might actually work but I’m wondering if >> anyone has tried this? My rims are Velocity Quill which are quite wide at >> 24.5 so it could actually measure to 45. Oh, I’m talking about smooth tires >> by the way. I will carefully measure before I buy, but it’s always nice to >> hear others’ experiences. Thanks > > -- 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/63ceb706-84ff-4bd0-b39c-eecc059f1ebcn%40googlegroups.com.
