I have changed my mind… again…
The weather has finally turned nice enough, and my primary cycle to work route is clear enough, that I dropped the spiked Kenda “Klondike XT” 26x2.35 and went back to the Beach Bum.
It (the Beach Bum) is annoying again. I kind of adjusted to it last time but it really should not be this much effort. I don’t want to try so hard and would rather be relaxed when commuting in. I actually really missed the Klondike XT, which is a nice tire for mixed conditions of (a little) snow and ice, while still handling well on bare asphalt.
For tomorrow, I’ll go back to the dependable Schwalbe “Fat Frank” 26x2.35. Smaller yes but lighter and requires no fighting.
In my depression over the unsatisfactory cycle in on the Beach Bum, I had another look around at fatter road style tires and found a nice selection on https://classic-cycle.de. They are all kinda heavy since they are aimed at cruisers bike, where the look is more important that then weight. Nonetheless, I am still interested in what is out there. Since I know that I like the shape and tread of the “Fat Frank” I attempted to find something similar. Visually the closest would appear to be the “Super Brick” (26x3.0/74-559), so on a whim I bought one.
I’ll probably regret that too but what the hell, I am curious and in the grand scheme of things it isn’t that much. Though I am amassing quite a selection of tires now. 