[RBW] Re: Anyone run 700x50 tires on a Sam Hillborne?

2022-08-22 Thread Pancake
On my 56cm Sam I rode 700x50mm Schwabel G-One Allround tires (VO Voyager rims which are slightly wider than Atlas rims) - no problems. But I wouldn’t have ridden any wider tires. 2mm+ gap between tires and frame. But I was just as happy riding 44mm Snoqualme pass tires before that. On Monday,

[RBW] Re: Anyone run 700x50 tires on a Sam Hillborne?

2022-08-22 Thread lconley
Yes, as a single speed with White ENO eccentric RH. [image: SingleSpeedSam50.jpg] Laing On Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 6:44:57 PM UTC-4 brenton...@gmail.com wrote: > I am running 700x47 teravails on velocity dyad hoops with a ton of room. > I've seen people running the 700x48 Rene Herse

[RBW] Re: Anyone run 700x50 tires on a Sam Hillborne?

2022-08-21 Thread Joe Bernard
You may want to ask yourself why you care if a person with a bicycle wants the biggest possible tires on said bicycle. Your "irrational" may be another person's "perfectly rational", such are the vagaries of life. HAHA!!! On Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 5:56:14 PM UTC-7 Garth wrote: > Well

[RBW] Re: Anyone run 700x50 tires on a Sam Hillborne?

2022-08-21 Thread Garth
Well you're only about the 5000th person to ask this over the years .. and as always the answer is the same . "well do ya' feel lucky today ?" Some people are okay with a couple of mm's clearance, most are not. Just ask yourself, what are you really gaining, is a few mm's really going

[RBW] Re: Anyone run 700x50 tires on a Sam Hillborne?

2022-08-21 Thread J
700x50 Gravelkings rubbed, but just barely, on my old size 60 Waterford built Sam H. 48 were the best I could do. On Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 6:44:57 PM UTC-4 brenton...@gmail.com wrote: > I am running 700x47 teravails on velocity dyad hoops with a ton of room. > I've seen people running the