I feel like the greatest service ever offered by 27+ tires out here in the desert southwest is that each time a factory demo truck would roll in, I'd take one for a ride, start having fun, get a flat tire, walk back, and conclude that I didn't need a new bike.
This would be an unremarkable observation if it didn't happy around 7 different times. Got on a 2.8" or wider tire, walk back with demo bike, trying to decide what amount of shame is appropriate.
I do think 2.6 has a valid use case to continue existing, and 29x3.0 is the forgotten wunderkind of being able to make rigid bikes actually enjoyable for some terrain... but honestly, give me a pair of good 2.4-2.5" tires, and I'm going to be orders of magnitude happier.
March 8, 2022, 3:59 p.m. - Tehllama42
I feel like the greatest service ever offered by 27+ tires out here in the desert southwest is that each time a factory demo truck would roll in, I'd take one for a ride, start having fun, get a flat tire, walk back, and conclude that I didn't need a new bike. This would be an unremarkable observation if it didn't happy around 7 different times. Got on a 2.8" or wider tire, walk back with demo bike, trying to decide what amount of shame is appropriate. I do think 2.6 has a valid use case to continue existing, and 29x3.0 is the forgotten wunderkind of being able to make rigid bikes actually enjoyable for some terrain... but honestly, give me a pair of good 2.4-2.5" tires, and I'm going to be orders of magnitude happier.