RCN Rant

In RCN # 86 (Jan./Feb. 2005) Bob Bryant wrote:


Here are the common recumbent wheel sizes:

16" 305 mm: These shorter and wider 16" size is found on recreational CLWB models.

No mention is made that the ISO 305-mm is a great wheel size for the
front of a lowracer, and that the best handling and most user friendly
lowracers [1] use ISO 305-mm front wheels!

What’s up with that, Bob?

The ISO 305-mm wheel is also an excellent design choice for any SWB bike
intended for riders shorter than 152 cm (~5 feet), particularly now that
wide, relatively smooth tread tires [2] are available.

[1] In particular, ones with red paint.
[2] The 50-305 Schwalbe Big Apple looks promising.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island

Tom Sherman wrote:
In RCN # 86 (Jan./Feb. 2005) Bob Bryant wrote:


Here are the common recumbent wheel sizes:

16" 305 mm: These shorter and wider 16" size is found on
recreational CLWB models.

No mention is made that the ISO 305-mm is a great wheel size for the
front of a lowracer, and that the best handling and most user friendly
lowracers [1] use ISO 305-mm front wheels!

What’s up with that, Bob?

The ISO 305-mm wheel is also an excellent design choice for any SWB
bike intended for riders shorter than 152 cm (~5 feet), particularly
now that wide, relatively smooth tread tires [2] are available.

[1] In particular, ones with red paint.
[2] The 50-305 Schwalbe Big Apple looks promising.

Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by their
absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
...
In RCN # 86 (Jan./Feb. 2005) Bob Bryant wrote:


Here are the common recumbent wheel sizes:

16" 305 mm: These shorter and wider 16" size is found on recreational
CLWB models.

No mention is made that the ISO 305-mm is a great wheel size for the
front of a lowracer, and that the best handling and most user friendly
lowracers [1] use ISO 305-mm front wheels!

What’s up with that, Bob?

The ISO 305-mm wheel is also an excellent design choice for any SWB bike
intended for riders shorter than 152 cm (~5 feet), particularly now that
wide, relatively smooth tread tires [2] are available.

[1] In particular, ones with red paint.
[2] The 50-305 Schwalbe Big Apple looks promising.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island


I thought about using a 16 on my current project, a recycled swb, pieced
together from a murray 10 sp and a 10 sp huffy mtb. But after looking
through my collection I found a 20 that looks pretty good, all I have to do
is get rid of the bmx tire that is mounted on it!

Ken

Dave Larrington wrote:

...
Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by their
absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...

The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on
reasonably decent pavement.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island

Tom Sherman wrote:
Dave Larrington wrote:

...
Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by
their absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...

The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on
reasonably decent pavement.

Not easy to find thobut, at least on /this/ side of the pond. St. John St.
Cycles, purveyors of odd-sized tyres to BRITONS since time immemorial, don't
even list the 305 V-Monster any more, never mind the Comet.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Tom Sherman wrote:
Dave Larrington wrote:

...
Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by
their
absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...

The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on

reasonably decent pavement.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island

I don't know of any Comets labeled 35-305, just the 37-305 (actual
width approximately 32 mm) and the 40-305 (actual width approximately
40 mm).

Zach

Zach wrote:

Tom Sherman wrote:

Dave Larrington wrote:


...
Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by

their

absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...

The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on


reasonably decent pavement.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island


I don't know of any Comets labeled 35-305, just the 37-305 (actual
width approximately 32 mm) and the 40-305 (actual width approximately
40 mm).

Since Primo neglects to provide ISO sizing (at least on the two older
"gumwall" examples I have at hand), I was using an estimate based on
measured width, which will of course vary with the rim used. I have also
seen the tire listed as a 35-305, but of course that may also have been
an estimate.

When I become world dictator, my first action will be to ban the use of
all non-ISO bicycle tire sizing systems.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
...
Zach wrote:

Tom Sherman wrote:

Dave Larrington wrote:


...
Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by

their

absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...

The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on


reasonably decent pavement.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island


I don't know of any Comets labeled 35-305, just the 37-305 (actual
width approximately 32 mm) and the 40-305 (actual width approximately
40 mm).

Since Primo neglects to provide ISO sizing (at least on the two older
"gumwall" examples I have at hand), I was using an estimate based on
measured width, which will of course vary with the rim used. I have also
seen the tire listed as a 35-305, but of course that may also have been an
estimate.

When I become world dictator, my first action will be to ban the use of
all non-ISO bicycle tire sizing systems.

--
Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island


Yo Tom, you know where I can score a pair of 650B rims?




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Al Luminium wrote:

Yo Tom, you know where I can score a pair of 650B [ISO 584-mm] rims?

See http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/rims/584.html.

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Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island

Tom Sherman wrote:
Al Luminium wrote:

Yo Tom, you know where I can score a pair of 650B [ISO 584-mm]
rims?

See http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/rims/584.html.

Complete wheels are available from Rivendell:
http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/web...els/18188.html
I'd bet they'd sell you a rim or two if you asked nice.
Jeff (got enough weird wheel sizes, thank you) Wills