I haven't tried the Hetres, but one of these days I'll put together a 650B bike and try them. I've heard lots of good stuff, but didn't realize how durable they're proving to be.
On Friday, October 19, 2012 12:19:15 PM UTC-5, Jan Heine wrote: > > > > On Friday, October 19, 2012 9:11:23 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > >> If only there were a way to make a tire that was (a) fast and supple but >> also provided (b) decent resistance to punctures from small pieces of >> glass and sharp stone and long tread life. I guess while I'm at it I >> should also add, "(c)and cheap." Unfortunately, I think that while (b) >> and (c) can go together, (a) and (b) tend to be mutually exclusive. >> > > In fact, wide tires can meet all three demands... > > a) Fast: We now know that a wider tire is faster (up to a point) or at > least no slower than a narrower one, if you keep the casing and tread the > same. > > b) Puncture Resistance: Wider tires are more puncture-resistant, because > they run at lower pressures. > > c) Cheap: The important variable is price per mile, and a wider tire > always will be cheaper, because it lasts so much longer, since the wear is > spread over more rubber. > > I don't want to sound like I am advertising here, but the 650B x 42 mm > Grand Bois Hetre meets all your criteria. It is one of the fastest tires on > the market. It gets far less punctures than almost any tire you can buy > (most of us average one puncture per 8000 miles). And it lasts at least > 4000 miles, compared to less than 2000 for most 25 mm tires. > > There are few win-win-win situations in physics, but this is one of them. > (The disadvantages of wide > tires<http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/the-downsides-of-wide-tires/>are > too small to make a difference in most riding.) > > Jan Heine > Editor > Bicycle Quarterly > http://www.bikequarterly.com > > Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/IBOjLe8HlbwJ. 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.
