GreenPlease wrote:
Tom A. wrote:
Slowman wrote:
where do you live, and on what sort of stuff do you intend to ride? i ask because 45mm is not a wide tire. 53mm is a wide tire. in my opinion, the gravel bike of my present is the gravel bike of a lot of peoples' futures: one bike with two sets of wheels: 50-55mm tires on a set of 650b wheels, and another set of 700 wheels that might have 28mm to 32mm tires for road or mostly road with rideable dirt.
Personally, I think you're still a bit premature on that...if only for the fact that there aren't any 650B tires in that size that perform as well as the best 700C x 38-43C range tires out there.
Then again, if tire makers get smart and...and let's say...create a 650B x 50+ version of a Conti Terra Speed, then I'll fully agree.
I raise you the Continental Speed King II in 650bx2.2" :)
Yeah...but 2.2" is a bit bigger (56mm?) than the ~50-55mm Slowman mentioned, and probably only fits in hardtail MTBs...
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