I have some Specialized Tri-Cross tires and love 'em. True 35mm as I remember. Wish I knew about the blow out sale!
DE On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Lesli, > > I ran several seasons of cyclocross on 700x35 Specialized Tri-Cross > tires that I bought from Nashbar at $1.99 each. Worked great...still > have a couple left. > I ran several races on 700x38 Ritchey cross tires that a freind gave > me. Worked great...still have a couple left. > I ran several races on 700x28 Michelin cross tires and thought my > teeth were going to be rattled out! I don't miss those tires...at > all. > > One down side to cross tires is when you are on the road and forget > you are riding on knobby tires and inadvertently corner really > hard.... > > If it get's muddy...clearance is everything. > > I'm with Jim on the brakes, I ran a really crummy brake set up one > season and never noticed it during a race. The next season I ran a > really good brake set up (Mafacs)...and never noticed it during a > race. There are enough bumps and grass and other stuff to slow you > down...the brakes don't seem to have a whole lot left to do. > > Angus > > On Sep 3, 4:55 pm, Lesli <lesli.lar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for all the notes! I'm inspired the by the idea that maybe > > brakes (Weinmann calipers) don't matter that much at this point in the > > game (as a super slow speed beginning just learning how to get on and > > off the bike at a canter). Since I'm mainly trying this out for fun, > > I'm not really worried about ground speed. I brought my old trek 420 > > to class lass night but was pretty spooked by the gravel track on my > > 25c contis! So, I'm opting to try some cheap-y nashbar cross tires on > > the Trek before I fully commit to converting the Riv over to cross > > duties (especially since it seems easier to locate 700c over 650b > > cross tires). The Riv does have nice Pauls centerpulls but I'll > > have to do a lot of renovations (remove honjos, convert from downtube > > to bar-ends, remove rack, etc) to get it up to speed for this > > project. > > > > LL > > > > On Sep 3, 12:19 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Lesli<lesli.lar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I'm thinking about converting my Riv road (w/centerpulls) for Fall > > > > amateur-hour cyclocross (going to my first clinic tonight). I was > > > > planning to use my old vintage fenderless Trek 420 but I'm not sure > if > > > > the weinmann calipers will hold up in muddy conditions (I THINK I > > > > could retrofit the bike with slightly wider cross tires). > > > > > > Any suggestions for 650b type cross tires or other possible points of > > > > conversion. Wondering if it would be better to set up bike as a > > > > single speed or maybe switch over to single chainring in front, seven > > > > speed block in back with a more burly derailleur). > > > > > > What do other folks who run mountainbike-ish road bikes use in the > way > > > > of tires and drivetrain set-ups?? > > > > > I raced my first season returning to cyclocross on my Redwood, so i'd > > > guess that your Road should work pretty well too. My only caveats > > > would be whether you can get any kind of knobby tire in there (i don't > > > know the Road's clearance), and your chances of success will be much > > > greater if it's not super muddy. On my Redwood i could get a 35c > > > 'cross tire in with no problem. No fenders, of course. There are > > > people who race with centerpulls on old frames around here and they do > > > fine, but i think in general our 'cross season isn't nearly as muddy > > > as around Oregon. > > > > > I highly recommend a single chainring setup if you're racing with > > > gears. I switched to singlespeed last year, but before that i used a > > > 1x8, and it was plenty of gear range. I really only used about 3 of > > > the gears in any given race. Like Jim noted, expect accelerated wear > > > on parts, particularly rims and brake pads and drivetrain, depending > > > on conditions. > > > > > -- > > > Bill Connell > > > St. Paul, MN- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
