on 1/24/09 6:10 PM, Todd Olsen at [email protected] wrote: > I got the Jack Brown Greens, but when those wear out, I will probably > get something a little thicker, Pasela, because i have gotten too many > flats (6-7 in only 350 miles).
I know better than to reply to this directly, but I have this....friend... who got JB Greens on his Hilsen in September of 2007, has run them on all sorts of conditions and now runs them on his Quickbeam. He cannot recall having those flats. As always, YMMV with flats. But, I would recommend checking your tubes. If you have tubes from smaller size (23 - 28 mm's), I've found those to be a bit more susceptible to flats (especially pinch-type) than a larger tube. That does seem like a lot of flats in a short distance - rim tape ok? no burrs at the valve hole? > > Also, if you think you might ride off road a bit, consider 172.5 or > 170 crank rather than 175. I bang my pedals into rocks and the side > of the trail quite a bit, and perhaps a little shorter crank will be a > little safer. or maybe i should just pay attention a little better. I thought the stock Sugino cranks were 170's. That's what came on mine. I'm now running 172.5's in C. Xavier Hilsen mode. I bang them less often than will my earlier Lemond cross frame. It does take a ride or two to recalibrate foot position. - Jim -- Jim Edgar [email protected] ³Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly mice. They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a one-hour bicycle ride.² - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
