Back in the day, tipped off that Tandems East still stocked the old, very narrow, very light, very supple 559X1" (more like 22-23 mm) Specialized Turbo tire, I called to order some, and one of the owners told me that tandem teams, looking for a speed edge, were fond of these. Barely 200 grams and smooth, smooth, smooth once you learned not to pump them to 120 psi (for a single). I still have some.
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:52 PM, ted <ted.ke...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Since a tandem with riders is on the order of twice the weight of a > single, I find it really surprising there isn't more difference between the > tires used on tandems and singles. Is a ~40mm tire on a tandem really > "wide"? Surely its not as far from the mainstream as using a ~40mm tire on > a single road bike is, is it? > > -- Burque (NM) Resumes that get interviews: http://www.resumespecialties.com/ -- 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.
