I recently converted my Rivendell Road to 650B x 38mm Grand Bois Lierre (from 700C x 28mm Ruffy Tuffy). The Lierres roll very well and are quite comfy. I inflate them to about 60 psi (slightly lower in front, higher in back). I rode 200 miles on them at RAGBRAI and liked them immensely. Grand Bois tires were designed to have very little rolling resistance after Jan Heine's tests, and I confirm that they picked up speed easily and held it.
I'd have shod my Riv with Hetres if they fit, but I don't think that my Road has the horizontal clearance for them: about 2mm between the Lierres and the fork legs. Tim On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Cecily Walker <cecily.wal...@gmail.com>wrote: > I'm really impressed with how fast the Soma Xpress tires are for such a > cushy size. > > On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:53:50 AM UTC-7, Johnny Alien wrote: >> >> So Rivendell gave me Conti Tour tires on my new Sam. While they are OK >> they definitely are sluggish compared to other tires I have used. I would >> like to stay with a fatter tire on this bike but would like something a >> little swifter. It doesn't really need to be road racer fast or anything >> but something designed to be a little faster would be nice. My restrictions >> are that I need a 650B tire and I would prefer to get ones that are all >> black. I am flexible with the second one. Are Pari Motos my main choice? >> Are they strong enough for occasional rail to trail use? If possible I >> would like to stay that wide or wider. Any suggestions? > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
