Just an aside from a guy who doesn’t do a lot of brevets, but a few and some touring and some dirt and some rain and some snow:
Most bikes are like most lenses (photography analogy) in that they work well under most conditions. It’s when the unusual conditions arrive, when the going gets tough, when night falls, or the rains start or the road turns to dirt, or the hills get so steep that keeping the front wheel on the road is a serious consideration that specialized bikes or all-rounders come into their own. I was on a dirt road the other day that was so rough that I walked about half a mile of it, because my teeth were chattering in my head and my rear wheel would not stay down. So, at that moment, I was wishing for a bigger tire with lower pressure. These were 25-28 mm in width with about 85-95 pounds-per-square-inch. This was on a club ride. We were following a map, but no one knew we would encounter this patch of dirt (about a mile, I think). Regards, Bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
