[RBW] 650b tires: the fat and the skinny about them?

2017-12-15 Thread Lynne Fitz
+1 on the Hutchinsons.  They are the widest tires my Sweetpea frame 
accommodates.

I also have Soma xPress on the Bleriot; like those as well, but the bikes have 
different uses.  The big miles happen on the Sweetpea.

Continental has also come out with a narrower 650b tire, but that's all I know 
about it.

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[RBW] 650b tires: the fat and the skinny about them?

2017-12-14 Thread Tom Goodmann
I'm the current happy rider of a Curt Goodrich-built Proto Saluki (my 
friend from this list and I have already traded the bike back and forth 
once between us) shod with Gran Bois 42s.  It's a nimble and quick-turning, 
and I'd like to play around with tire sizes a bit to see how "roady" I can 
ride it.  I would like to have tried the 32s once offered from Compass, and 
wonder why 650b tires of that dimension proved undesirable. Those tires, at 
least, are currently unavailable, although I know there are nominal 38s 
(Pacenti Moro; Col la Vie) and a few 35s out there too. Is the general 
thinking that I'd be giving up too much of the advantage of this wheel size 
in pushing the lower limits of tire dimensions?  Thanks for views and 
advice. Tom--in Miami where it is perfect riding weather right now

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