On Aug 15, 3:19 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: >
> There's no Consumer Reports of bike tires, either. So if there was a > diamond out there amongst all the hybrid tires, who would ever know it? Well, I think that Jan Heine has done a pretty good job of testing bicycle tires and this has certainly led to a greater demand for 700C tires like the Gran Bois Cypres 30mm (which Vintage Bicycles also sells). > Then there's pricing. The cheap wide 700C tires basically set the price > the market's willing to pay. Could you sell a tire that costs 2-3 times > as much as the competition? Again, the Gran Bois 700C Cypres tires are selling for $58.00 from Vintage Bicycle and others. The demand for these tires, while limited, certainly exists. I know several dedicated cyclists who ride these tires and they definitely attribute almost magical qualities to the Cypres (I haven't tried them myself, but I'm considering them in lieu of the Jack Browns). > There is no 700C bike that's built like a 650B > randonneur, why should there be a tire for one? The Boulder Bicycle randonneur bicycle is produced in sizes from 51cm to 61cm for either 650B or 700C tire sizes. I believe, from any of my reference material (which included some Rene Herse brochures) that 650B tire size wasn't traditionally the size of tire that was used by French Randonneurs, they were generally 700C size. The 650B was the size that French constructeur builders primarily used for "Camping" models. > Why should they? Those passionate about wonderful supple fast wide > tires are in the 650B arena. I suspect that the availability of the 650B size tire in the wide sizes has something to do with their origin in Japan, and the Japanese infatuation with French bicycles. This demand is geared to domestically produced cycles in a range of frame sizes that would rarely exceed 56cm that are ideally suited for a 650B tire size. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
