I have Challenge open tubular - clinchers - on 4 bikes. I like these tires but have found them difficult to seat on All rims, Synergy included, but not exceptionally so. Have discovered that after the tubes stretch a bit, it's much easier to re-seat the tire beads.
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:00:55 AM UTC-6, Jan Heine wrote: > > With 700C rims, you have a lot of options of excellent rims. Just avoid > the usual suspects that don't work well in 650B, and you'll be fine. A > wider rim obviously is a plus... > > Just to be clear, the seating issue of many 650B wheels isn't a fault of > the tires, but of the poorly designed rims, where the wells are too deep. > The Synergies have issues with all tires, but of course, a stiffer tire > (which is round by itself) will be easier to seat than a very supple one. > > Jan Heine > Compass Bicycles Ltd. > www.compasscycle.com > > Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ > > On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:26:08 PM UTC-8, Burton wrote: >> >> Jan, is there a rim that works particularly well with these tires? I'm >> hoping to avoid the seating issues I've had with Hetres on Synergies. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
