On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Patrick in VT <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sep 2, 9:26 pm, [email protected] wrote: > >I've just recently gone over to the new Challenge tires (27 mm) >and, my > god, they are wonderful. They're very fast and super >comfortable. I like > them much better than the Grand Bois. How they >would handle off road I > don't know. > > I used the challenge p/r's on D2R2 this year, and ride them on > Vermont's finest regularly. run at appropriate pressure, they're > fantastic on the dirt - although, admittedly, i don't take the chances > that I would with a really fat tire (Hetre) on screamin' loose dirt/ > gravelly descents. for me, 30mm is plenty big and comfortable for 99% > of the miles I ride - anything larger is just extra cheese. but, i do > like extra cheese every now and then. vermont has good cheese. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > Little known fact: my grandparents were part of the Cabot Co-op. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
