|   YES!!! Got my FF's 2.35" today! | Jan_Gerrit
Jan 17, 2002 6:37 AM | | My neighbour came to bring me a Bike2Build.nl package the mailman had deposited next door. Inside : 2 Schwalbe Fast Fred 2.35" Qualifier Compound
They are all-black, not the grey sidewalls we have become so familiar with. Mine are 1005g (scale 15kg/5g) for the 2, so on average only about 7g a piece above the claimed 495g a piece :-) NOT BAD! Although I may have been lucky with a tire weight, well that would be a first!
I hope to latex-mount them even today (tubes that size are porky), wonder how they'll live up to my expectations...
I'm going to experiment with some waterproof tape I got from my old man, he has a small hardwarestore. Will let you know!
Happy trails, Jan Gerrit |
| re: YES!!! Got my FF's 2.35" today! | demon clary
Jan 17, 2002 7:01 AM | | Be sure to put one on each rim because I don't think one on top of the other will work. Chuckle! |
| Please give us an update on their performance... | AZ X-Racer
Jan 17, 2002 7:27 AM | | especially in loose conditions, Jan. I'm very interested and I'm sure that the totally rigid singlespeed guys will be interested too...
Are they bigger than the Hutchinson 2.0 tires? |
| Please give us an update on their performance... | Jan_Gerrit
Jan 17, 2002 9:02 AM | | I hope they're better in the loose than the 2.0" version, that's why I bought them. They measure 56mm on the knobs, and about 53mm just the casings. They look HUGE I tell you!
Total diameter is almost 68cm, that makes for at least a 211cm circumference for the Cateye...
I'll keep you all updated.
Sure they're worth their money just for the look, VERY brutal! All knobs are slightly sized-up, the outer ones are actually quite serious knobs now, well for a slick-type tire that is. |
| Just use regular ol' ultralight 1.25/1.5 tubes.. | DeeEight
Jan 17, 2002 11:39 AM | | its all I ever use with 2.35s (Ritchey and Conti). They'll simply stretch to fill the tire. |
| Sure... | Jan_Gerrit
Jan 17, 2002 2:40 PM | | that's what butyl does, right?
But I rather not so that, and this is why :
To fill the bigger tire, the tube will have to expend - a lot. This will make the tube thickness effectively less, by a serious amount.
The tube is at serious tension, even at 1.1 bar, before the tire will be rideable at all.
What I've heard from many people, a tube should match the tire, because intruding object have a smaller change to do damage.
A ballon that's just filled with air, but not extended, is harder to puncture than a fully inflated one.
If it works for, that's just great, but consider yourself lucky. |
| Well I've been doing it since 1993... | DeeEight
Jan 18, 2002 10:31 AM | | and so have others I know and never a problem but hey, do as you like. |
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