Re: [RBW] Schwalbe’s Big Apple is a 10-year old tire design. What’s a newer/better alternative?

2020-05-14 Thread Jim Bronson
I decided to live with the Kwick Nine on my Clem H. I just exert the same effort that I would otherwise, and enjoy the scenery. If I need to get somewhere faster, I use my Road Standard which has Compass tires on it. -Jim On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 5:20 AM Eric Daume wrote: > Though they have

Re: [RBW] Schwalbe’s Big Apple is a 10-year old tire design. What’s a newer/better alternative?

2020-05-14 Thread Eric Daume
Though they have their fans, I've found BA's to be fairly slow and plodding on the few bikes I've tried them on. That said, they're worlds better than the stock Kwik Nines that come on the Clem. Those are particularly awful tires. Sometimes I wake up at night in a cold sweat, after a nightmare

[RBW] Schwalbe’s Big Apple is a 10-year old tire design. What’s a newer/better alternative?

2020-05-13 Thread Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY
And thumbs up for Liteskin schwalbes. -Kai -- 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 view this

[RBW] Schwalbe’s Big Apple is a 10-year old tire design. What’s a newer/better alternative?

2020-05-13 Thread Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY
I thought the stock Kendas (kwicknines?) were adequate tires, but the discontinued Big Ones and those that followed are certainly better for most things, but more fragile, the big ones especially so. The G-ones are super duper tires, I use them tubeless and it's great, but with tubes I'd stick

Re: [RBW] Schwalbe’s Big Apple is a 10-year old tire design. What’s a newer/better alternative?

2020-05-13 Thread Robert Tilley
@googlegroups.comReply-to: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.comSubject: [RBW] Schwalbe’s Big Apple is a 10-year old tire design. What’s a newer/better alternative? The above question requires clarification. I’ll frame the issues in a long-winded way as they pertain to my situation

[RBW] Schwalbe’s Big Apple is a 10-year old tire design. What’s a newer/better alternative?

2020-05-13 Thread LeRoy
The above question requires clarification. I’ll frame the issues in a long-winded way as they pertain to my situation (since, from my point of view, it’s all about me). My second- or third-hand 59 Clem Smith Jr. came to me with 50mm (50-622) Schwalbe Big Apple tires (Performance Line,