On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:49 AM, David Estes <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Patrick in VT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mar 12, 11:43 pm, David Estes <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I think they need to make the race longer! :-) >> >> are you familiar with the trans-iowa race? it kind of proves your >> point - it's a 300 mile "race" on rough stuff and there is certainly a >> difference in bike/equipment choices for that event. >> >> > Yes, I've seen the link, but not a handy video to appraise the > appropriateness of the bikes :-) > > How do the bikes & gear change?
I think touring and cyclocross bikes are the most popular for the TransIowa - after all, it's at least 2/3 gravel roads, and you don't want to ride 200 miles of gravel on 23mm tires. A local rider i know (and list member, i believe) Ken is the only one to ever finish the TransIowa on a fixed gear bike - it was his Quickbeam, set up pretty much identically to how he commuted on it every day. I think he's be the first to argue that in that case the Quickbeam was very close to the ideal tool for the job. I've ridden my Redwood on fast club training rides, and i can pretty confidently say that it wasn't the bike's fault if i couldn't keep up. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
