George, Jan Heine and Jim Edgar make some very good points.
I spent five years doing cyclocross (on a Rivendell) and riding narrow tires on loose surfaces took practice. Lots of feeling the bike sliding around under you. http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/1992613270/ I think it's 90+% rider, if you want an equipment upgrade, wider tires are usually a bit easier in loose surfaces than skinny ones...IMHO. Angus On Jun 29, 4:56 am, GeorgeS <[email protected]> wrote: > Last week I posted a question about tires for gravel. Thanks for the > response. I've gone with the consensus and ordered a pair of Pasela's > w/o TG. > Since then, I've had two kind of scary falls, both in exactly the same > situation - fast descent on dirt/gravel road with sweeping right turn > at the bottom. In both cases there was loose stuff in the turn and my > rear wheel just slid out and I was down. Got some road burn but no > real damage other than to my dignity. Is it possible this is the > result of having the wrong tires, or (what seems more likely) I just > don't know how to handle this situation. I don't like the idea of > just riding the brake every time I start going down - takes some of > the fun out of it. > GeorgeS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
