This thread might be more accurately titled with something along the lines
of for those who like to get big mileage out of their tires
I and other Randonneurs/Randonneuses ride big mileage on our Rivendells,
but I personally am an adherent of the Jan Heine school of thought when it
comes to tires
The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a really
long time, so the misery is extended.
The far end of the stout tire spectrum is solid rubber tires. Solid
rubber tires may last for 30,000 miles or
I agree that tires are personal to each rider, I was just trying to point
out that not all people who ride a lot of miles like to ride tires like the
Marathon.
In my case for my uses, the Pari-Motos are too fragile, the Compass tires
are about right, and the Marathons are too heavy. But to each
Totally. I have uberstout Force Field Fatty Rumpkins on my touring bike,
and paper thin ubersupple Pari-Motos on the brevet bike, and lots of things
in-between on the rest of the fleet.
On Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:59:32 AM UTC-7, Jim Bronson wrote:
I agree that tires are personal to
On 08/14/2014 01:48 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a
really long time, so the misery is extended.
The far end of the stout tire spectrum is solid rubber tires.
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Subject: Re: [RBW] Attn: Big mileage riders
On 08/14/2014 01:48 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a
really long time, so the misery is extended
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Subject: Re: [RBW] Attn: Big mileage riders
The rude paraphrase to that Jan Heine sentiment would be something like:
Those tires may be miserable to ride on, but at least they last a really long
I and other Randonneurs/Randonneuses ride big mileage on our Rivendells,
but I personally am an adherent of the Jan Heine school of thought when it
comes to tires and I don't think I would like to ride a Schwalbe Marathon.
I've used Paselas, JB greens blues, T-serves, Marathon Supremes
I didn't lose any fillings due to their lack of subtleness. Subtle tires
are okay and certainly have their place but there's not a deal breaker for
a good time randonneuring (pun intended).
--mike
Oops. Bad typo there. Replace subtleness and subtle with suppleness and
supple
The Blug has some interesting photos of a Schwalbe Marathon that went
14,000 miles. There's no tread left on the center, so it pretty much
earned its keep a while back, IMHO. BUT, at the end of story, Rivendell
says Anybody who buys a Marathon Plus from us and rides it 14,000 miles
gets a
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