Tires for tandem

"Perry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Looking at Hostel Shoppe and Poweroncycling, there seems to not be much of a selection for tandem
rears. (26"😉 Double Vision. My choices are IRC Metro and maybe the Marathon. Would like to stay
pretty wide and beefy and higher pressure. Any suggestions? Perry

Not surre who carries them but Kenda Kwest come in a 100psi version that is tandem rated.

Perry said:

Looking at Hostel Shoppe and Poweroncycling, there seems to not be much of

a

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selection for tandem rears. (26"😉 Double Vision. My choices are IRC

Metro

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and maybe the Marathon. Would like to stay pretty wide and beefy and

higher

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pressure. Any suggestions?

We've always liked Avocet tires for tandem use. Give the Avocet Cross II a look,
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Regards, Rick Steele

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Would like to stay pretty wide and beefy and higher pressure. Any suggestions?

Perry, How about S-Slicks, still available in 26". Power-On Cycling has them. Jorge

"Perry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Looking at Hostel Shoppe and Poweroncycling, there seems to not be much of a selection for tandem
rears. (26"😉 Double Vision. My choices are IRC Metro and maybe the Marathon. Would like to stay
pretty wide and beefy and higher pressure. Any suggestions? Perry

Bontrager Invert Select 2.00" rear. bontrager.comdetail.aspOpen ↗

With it's pliable carcass, and flatter profile it rolls much better at 65 psi than the stiffer
Avocets do at 85psi. We ride with a team that outweighs us by a good 130 lbs. Bikes are similar, but
he runs Avocets. We coast away from them on downhills like Lance dropping a Dutch spinter on the way
to a mountain top finish.

He runs a 1.75" Avocet Freestyle on the front, while we use a 1.95" V-Monster, again at 65psi.

We've had our tandem since '88 and have used a lot of different tires, including high pressure ones.
This is definitely the fastest setup we've tried, also the most secure feeling. Love em, but wish
there was clearance to try 60mm Big Apples.

Perry said:

Looking at Hostel Shoppe and Poweroncycling, there seems to not be much of a selection for tandem
rears. (26"😉 Double Vision. My choices are IRC Metro and maybe the Marathon.

How high on the pressure? We use Panaracer Pasela TourGuard on our triplet. They are pretty good,
but only 65psi so maybe not high enough?

Guy
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Mark Stonich said:

... He runs a 1.75" Avocet Freestyle on the front, while we use a 1.95" V-Monster, again at 65psi.

We've had our tandem since '88 and have used a lot of different tires, including high pressure
ones. This is definitely the fastest setup we've tried, also the most secure feeling. Love em, but
wish there was clearance to try 60mm Big Apples.

Finally someone else agrees with me that the Primo V-Monster is a decent tire performance wise. The
47-406 V-Monster inflated to 65-psi did have a CRR in the same general range as the 28-406 Conti GP
in Lafford's tests. And of course, the V-Monster is a much better on loose and rough surfaces, for
ride comfort, and in resisting damage than the rather fragile GP.

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"Sure, man," said a laid-back cyclist named Sherman, "Recumbents are great, but don't expect any
sermon." He then popped a handful of Sheldon's Product W pills, Headed out on the high-way for more
low-slung thrills, And at-Tom-pted his position to determine.