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I mounted a Getaway 40 HTLR on the front of my wife’s bike in the middel of last year, seems to have been doing well, but not too many rides on it (most of our gravel riding is in spring).
I just got a 36 to put on the rear of her bike (OG Warbird Ti, ~37mm is about the fattest that can realistically fit in there, pinched stays so 650b would be worse).
I got another 40 to put on the rear of my current generation Warbird. I would like to have somehting bigger, so it would be great if those rumored 45’s would become available.
I mounted both of the rear tires on 21mm internal rims. Installation was a bit annoying, but actually went fairly easy once I stopped trying to put in a tube, and just stuffed the tire insert (Vittoria in the 36 and Rimpact in the 40) into the tire, going straight for tubeless. Usually with supple tires I’ll Mount with a tube first, to seat one bead and get some shape to the tire).
The 36, on Stan’s Ironcross, aired up fine. The 40 on my Bontrager, with the plastic TLR rim strip, won’t seat with my flash charger.
The very interesting thing was that the 36 had a red puncture protection strip under the tread, and the new 40 did not. I can’t remember if the old 40 did, I’ll update when I pull it to refresh sealant.
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