Riv's look so good when they get dirty. SRSLY
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:38 AM, 'Tony McG' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > This photo was taken at the top of a very steep climb. The gravel looks > pretty tame in the pic, but the slope I had just climbed was covered with > huge slabs of rock that I had to go over instead of picking a line through. > Ride with GPS list 3800' of elevation for the Half Pint, but my Garmin > only measured a little over 3400'. I was able to ride the whole course in > the middle ring with a 11-34 cassette. I used the small ring several times > on the Almonzo because there was many more long and steep hills with my > Garmin measuring over 5400' in 102 miles. > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rzETNadtcyU/U44VzYpBDLI/AAAAAAAAAC4/wqcyfxur0Kg/s1600/photo.JPG> > I rode the Duremes because they were already on the bike and I had heard > horror stories of the razor-like flint cutting tires to shreds; I saw > scores of cyclists changing flats. Before the race, I had thought about > buying a Rawland Stag and using some of the parts off of the Trucker to > make a dedicated gravel grinder, but I think I will upgrade the wheelset on > the Atlantis and try some of the new gravel tires that are hitting the > market. The Clement MSO was by far the most popular tire and I will > seriously consider these when I get the new wheels. I took this picture of > my bike after I got back to the dorm room at ESU... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
