tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213842098517215787.post4765577062271284919..comments2017-05-08T20:04:33.614-06:00Comments on Colorado Dirt Road Randonneur: The quest for the perfect bicycle tire.Eric Althenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896357253153165185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213842098517215787.post-13257829980551885842013-06-11T17:19:36.389-06:002013-06-11T17:19:36.389-06:00Great post, very useful. I've been on a Salsa ...Great post, very useful. I've been on a Salsa Vaya using almost exclusively 35 mm Small Block 8s for dirt road rides. The security is beautiful on the washboard spring roads, but you've got me thinking about going a tad slimmer. <br /><br />I do ride my 25 mm Vittoria slicks on dirt road detours -- no problems so far. I want to go to 28s, but am afraid of the weight. 25 feels just a TAD better grip than the 23s, pretty good for me.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731815508918636273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213842098517215787.post-14979598442368980432012-01-02T19:42:16.792-07:002012-01-02T19:42:16.792-07:00.....Oh, and those Surly riders were smoking some ........Oh, and those Surly riders were smoking some good shit that day too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213842098517215787.post-58710754736691241582012-01-02T19:41:35.337-07:002012-01-02T19:41:35.337-07:00You know me, Eric. I come from the Webster Church...You know me, Eric. I come from the Webster Church of 700x28 Parigi Roubaixs. I rode my Ritchey Speed Max tires today (the same ones I used on the Cowboy Cobble), and while they are a comfortable ride, I do feel their rotational mass. The cross tires are good for when the conditions are sketchy, or for when you are not sure what your route has in store (like muddy single track...I'll tell you that story sometime), but light and fast is the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213842098517215787.post-76179053154788973252011-11-28T14:34:54.507-07:002011-11-28T14:34:54.507-07:00I've had fun on fire roads on 28mm Roly Polys....I've had fun on fire roads on 28mm Roly Polys. The 33mm Jack Browns are awesome for urban broken pavement commutes, so probably good for trail too. Can't imagine going fatter.<br /><br />My hard tail is floating on 2.35" Fat Franks, but that's mainly for urban coolness.<br /><br />About your tire sizes: you might as well just say "28mm" instead of "28c". Because you're really talking about millimeters in width. From what I understand, the "c" used to refer to rim width in some arcane way, but of course folks use all different width rims and they're all called 700"c", so really the "c" has no meaning today...nordic_68https://www.blogger.com/profile/16681928489719451333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213842098517215787.post-25786238849219044902011-10-31T13:13:19.276-06:002011-10-31T13:13:19.276-06:00love it, e. -- i've been riding the dirt aroun...love it, e. -- i've been riding the dirt around here on 28s except when it's muddy, in which case i run the same old 32c cross tires i was using that summer -- worn flatter now, though, so just really volume in the wet-n-slippery.stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213842098517215787.post-46523409570359441392011-10-23T17:29:35.369-06:002011-10-23T17:29:35.369-06:00Great write up. For the past several years on my ...Great write up. For the past several years on my road bikes and fixies, have been almost exclusively using Jack Browns (33.3s) and Ruffy Tuffys (allegedly 28s that have measured closer to 25s), depending on the terrain.ERIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498594470328390370noreply@blogger.com