My 42 mm Compass Babyshoe Pass Extralight tires were great on 85% of the gravel sections. There were a number of places where the gravel was very sandy and soft, where everybody seemed to have trouble. Wider tires would have been useful there.
On the other hand, 30% of the ride was on paved roads, where any knobbies would slow you down considerably. It's no coincidence that the two fastest finishers were on road tires (38 and 42 mm wide). My current hypothesis is that wider high-performance road tires (if they were in fact available) would be ideal for this event, but considering the currently available options, I'd choose the same tires again if I was going for a fast time. Jan Heine Compass Bicycles Ltd. www.compasscycle.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:46:17 PM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: > > Jan said after the ride that he would have preferred something fatter than > 42 mm for the dirt sections. I think a low profile knobby in like 52-56 mm > wide would be ideal. Schwalbe makes some super plush XC racing tires like > the Thunder Burt that would be great for this ride. I know of a few people > who used these and were very pleased with the performance on this ride. > > ~mike > Carlsbad Ca. > > On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:58:52 AM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: >> >> Here are pictures of some of the bikes that did the organized Oregon >> Outback. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/jamesnathanjones/media_set?set=a.10203614505580588.1073741833.1154446016&type=1 >> >> What tires were you thinking of using for the route? The 1.9" smooth >> Schwalbes I have on my Atlantis seem like a tiny bit of underbiking, and >> the 3" tires on my Krampus seem like overbiking. >> >> Jan Heine did the route, very fast, on smooth 42mm Compass Babyshoe Pass >> tires on his randonneur bike. I'd be happier with more rubber and disc >> brakes than on a randonneur bike, I'm pretty sure. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 8:44 AM, velomann <velo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> When are you going? I'm considering for later June myself but don't want >>> to go it alone. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> On Monday, June 2, 2014 9:09:55 PM UTC-7, Antonioni Vicente wrote: >>>> >>>> Any Rivsters out there ever ridden this route? >>>> >>>> Tons of stuff on Velodirt.com but as usual- seeking the Riv School's >>>> input. >>>> >>>> An Atlantis and a '93 XO-3 soon to tackle it... >>>> >>>> Thanks y'all. >>>> >>>> -ant >>>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. >> > -- 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.
