Hi Christian, Great timing. New bike on its way, so I'll be converting my Hilsen for dirt road riding. I am putting the Clement MSO on my short list.
You put "They're good combination of fine on pavement and really nice on gravel" (that would be one end of the spectrum). Imagine the other end "good combination of fine on gravel and really nice on paved road", any 40mm(-ish) tires would fit that description? Something like 40mm Cypres? Pierre On Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:42:34 PM UTC-7, Christian wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I've been reading the thread on tires and someone mentioned the Clement > MSO 40. Coincidentally, I just rode mine today, took pics, and planned to > comment on them. Pics are here (and in the RBW Flickr group): > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cwmcmillen/sets/72157633184218583/. They'e > the most recent ones in the set. > > I like the tires. I weigh b/w 170-175 and on the Hunq I've had: > > --50mm Duremes: dead, heavy, overkill for me. > > --32mm Paselas: they're 32 Paselas. What can I say? Great all-around > tire. > > 32mm Grand Bois Cypres: Amazing. But then my favorite is the GB Hetre on > my 650B; the Cypres are similar. A little too narrow but still remarkably > awesome on gravel. > > --40mm Clement MSO: Really nice. Running them about 35-40 front; 40-45 > rear (I'm not that precise about it). In terms of non-paved roads, they > did not perform, in the conditions I ride in (see pics in the link and many > others in photostream), any better than my Hetres. But then I cannot run > Hetres on my Hunq unless I convert to 650B---hmmmm? This is not a > criticism; just my observation. Maybe I felt more secure going fast > downhill? Who knows. In any event, I really liked them. They're good > combination of fine on pavement and really nice on gravel. > > Best wishes, > > Christian > > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
