New 32mm 650b tire from Hutchinson!
Fred Blasdel
Rick Johnson
Rick Johnson Bend, Oregon Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction... One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along. Arthur C. Clarke
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Fred Blasdel
My French is a bit rusty, is it tubeless? That would be too good to be true I suppose...
Frederick, Steve
That black and silver would look great on my black and silver Kogswell!
Here’s a rough computer translation:
Faced with the abrupt withdrawal of the Michelin Megamium, the Brotherhood believed there was a significant demand for a tire with the qualities of a good touring tire, ie a balance
between driving performance, comfort and endurance this in a size compatible with the recent French hiker. And all for a final price as low as possible. We find the logical specification of Megamium. We had a contract with the manufacturer that Hutchinson
makes a mold financed by the Brotherhood and which remain the property of the association, in order to have maximum security in the long-term supply and a good control the final price.
During the summer of 2010, the testers "house" were able to ride the different prototypes given by Hutchinson and agree for the first series that is now available from bicycle shops.
The tire molded on a tight weave of 127 tpi offers flexibility and ride quality that we find superior to that of Megamium, provided they take the precaution to swell considerably, almost to the maximum. Do not hesitate, even at the upper limit of the range
of inflation comfort is excellent, as we wanted. Add the line "geometry" of the mold mounted on wheels or Rigida Ambrosio, we get a true 32mm. So this is perfect for the hiker around the narrow tires cut 32mm.
Flexibility is also sufficient for it to be going tire levers to mount, the tube will never look better. The only point down compared to Megamium toughness is lower, forcing soft compound. But we should reach 4,000 km.
Since late 2010, our partner CPA has the first batch of tires, it is available to the European bike dealers who will order it for you. So you have to check if your big effort Brotherhood has produced what you expected. Remember that your feedback will be used
for the next round!
Steve
Shaun
in the UK very soon.
I have had some recent dealings with the 650B brotherhood and they are
absolute gentlemen.
Shaun
On May 26, 7:32 pm, Rick Johnson <RickCJohns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My French is a bit rusty, is it tubeless? That would be too good to be true I suppose...Rick Johnson Bend, Oregon Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction... One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along. Arthur C. Clarke
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> http://www.xxcycle.com/confrerie-des-650-special-randonneur,,en.php
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> The construction looks really good, like the Hutchinson Atom tires I love on my road bike. The price is absolutely terrific too!
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> I've added it to the tire tracking spreadsheet:
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> https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhJ3Eg2EndMUcFpsLUVBTm5XWWk3aGlEVXZfS2pvTHc&hl=en_US#gid=0
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> -- Fred Blasdel
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Rory
previous post, was the ambrosia rim:
http://www.xxcycle.com/php/boutique/page.php?nom=PRODUITpp&key=13052
i like the price, and look of this. anyone build/use one of them?
On May 26, 11:27 am, Fred Blasdel <blasd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The 32mm "spécial randonneur" tire, commissioned by our compatriots *la
> Confrérie des 650b*
> http://www.xxcycle.com/confrerie-des-650-special-randonneur,,en.php
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> The construction looks really good, like the Hutchinson Atom tires I love on
> my road bike. The price is absolutely terrific too!
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> I've added it to the tire tracking spreadsheet:
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> -- Fred Blasdel
Shaun
version are very well made and produce an excellent touring rim.
They are also sending me a 40 spoke 650B rim for heavy touring and
tandem.
shaun
Lynne Fitz
I think those black and silver Hutchinsons would look amazing on my
Sweetpea. I'd be very happy to test them for you on the upcoming
Tahuya 600k :-)
The Megamiums I got from you long time ago - one suffered an
unfortunate death last weekend. I got 2900 miles out of it, so it
doesn't owe me anything. But I am in tire acquisition stress right
now. The Somas are too fat for my current fender setup, and the GB
Cypres (on order from you) give me a bit of stress on their durability
feedback.
Lynne "it's gonna be a long weekend messing with fender adjustments" F
On May 26, 11:53 am, Jan Heine <hein...@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> >The 32mm "spécial randonneur" tire, commissioned
> >by our compatriots la Confrérie des 650b
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> ><http://www.xxcycle.com/confrerie-des-650-special-randonneur,,en.php>http://www.xxcycle.com/confrerie-des-650-special-randonneur,,en.php
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> We've had a few samples for a while now. It's on
> the list of products to test, but we are
> backlogged.
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> The silver sidewalls are a bit ugly, so I am
> almost reluctant to mount them on my Singer
> camping bike (the only 650B bike I have that is
> designed for tires this narrow) and try them.
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> There should be a test report in one of the next few issues.
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> Jan Heine
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