On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 16:00 -0700, GeorgeS wrote:
> Well.  The consensus seems to be that it's my fault.  This is not
> exactly what I was looking for.  Doesn't anyone want to suggest
> special gravel wheels or, even better, a new frame of the "country"
> variety?  I mean I fell twice.  Should be some equipment here that I
> could explain to my wife is critical to my safety. 


Yes.  Tegaderm bandages.  Best damn thing that's ever happened to road
rash.  Seriously.

Beyond that, obviously you need a new 650B bike capable of using Hetre
tires.  You could cheap out and get one of those Rawlands Sogn blems for
$350, or maybe a Kogswell P/R, and they'd be perfectly satisfactory, but
instead I'm going to suggest you go for a Tournesol Pave.  Maybe in
Titanium.  

Or, pity they're not made any more, to stay in the Riv family look for
either a Bleriot or a Saluki.  And no I do NOT mean a Hilsen, because
they take the wrong size tires.  I mean one of the 650B bikes.  (Are you
listening, Grant?  You were right then, and you are wrong now!)

And then, learn how to ride on gravel so that you don't crash so often.





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