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Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-12-19, 04:50 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

I use 26" on mine. LBS didn't have 650b. Then...

I use 26" on mine. LBS didn't have 650b. Then again, one of them has flatted just sitting in the shop
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-12-19, 12:43 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

I'm pretty sure you can get a 700c tube to work...

I'm pretty sure you can get a 700c tube to work in a 650b if that's the only option. Of course, there is the guy that filled his tire with small sticks because he was out of tubes. Or so he...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-11-19, 10:37 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

I was wondering if the bike shops on PBP had 650b...

I was wondering if the bike shops on PBP had 650b tires, but I didn't check. It would have been really easy to check at Mortagne, but I didn't think about it.
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-10-19, 03:22 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

I have noticed it's more work keeping up with...

I have noticed it's more work keeping up with someone on 42mm tires on rough chip seal. I would have thought 32mm was wide enough for that. That experience was why I rode my gravel bike on the 600k...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-07-19, 07:01 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

There were a couple of stretches on Mac 'n'...

There were a couple of stretches on Mac 'n' Cheese where I really would have liked to have bigger tires. The long stretch of road with expansion joints before the lake control on day 3 being the...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-06-19, 03:14 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

There was some chip seal on the PBP route in 2011...

There was some chip seal on the PBP route in 2011 that probably would have been nicer on bigger tires. I was running 25mm back then. I'm pretty sure that section was gone this year, and I was...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-06-19, 08:41 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

I rode this year's 600k on 700c 40mm Maxxis...

I rode this year's 600k on 700c 40mm Maxxis Velocita run tubeless. They do seem to be a bit more work to accelerate than smaller tires, but roll really well once you get going. It came in handy, who...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
09-05-19, 07:07 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 18,710
Posted By unterhausen

it really depends on the tire. A bigger tire...

it really depends on the tire. A bigger tire that is made to be robust is probably going to be slower. Rolling resistance wise, the conventional wisdom that smaller tires have less is not true in...
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