I live in the San Gabriels, where there are no flats - only up or down, and there are some 8-12% grades here. That is the primary reason I wanted to equip my Atlantis with the slimmer Avocets.
On Feb 9, 10:24 pm, Anne Paulson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Horace <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Brooklyn <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> I see no point in riding on tires less than 32 mm unless you are in a > >> race or are messenger. > > > Better acceleration? Seems like there are times when one would want this, > > without needing to be in a race or being a messenger. > > Easier climbing? Lately when I do club rides on nice days, I ride my > Klein with 28mm tires. There's a huge difference between that and the > 32mm tires (plus a generator hub) on my Atlantis, and I climb a lot > faster on the Klein. What difference does climbing a hill eight > minutes faster make? For me, not that much, but for the friend waiting > for me at the top, quite a lot. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
