Very nice! On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In it's natural environment... finally got the fat-knobby/dirt drop'd > Bombadil out for some dedicated off-road riding this evening. Out to a > local municipal park - Wakefield - where they have some great single track > that goes along Accotink Creek and some swooshy trails along the cleared > powerlines with some good up's and downs. Speaking of downs I did crash > pretty quickly but it was a minor thing. One of the wooded sections has > alot of these wooden 'bridges' over low spots in the trail and some of them > have pretty darn sudden 6+ in lifts to get up on them. I hit one oddly and > to slow and went over. The bike was fine and I just got a minor scrape. I > kept my speed down in the new-to-me sections afterwards and was happier for > it. > > The bike handled like a dream, I LOVE the dirt drop bars and spent nearly > the whole time in the hooks section with my index finger or index/middle > fingers on the brakes. I felt very well in control and much less like I > was lifting the front end as I've noted when riding the same trails with a > Bosco equipped MB-5 last summer. The RM13's were wide enough for good > turning leverage and just narrow enough that I didn't end up whacking a bar > end on a tree/limb/rock or other obstruction. the 650Bx2.25 Nobby Nic's > were awesome, I was probably running them a bit higher pressure than was > ideal for this kind of surface but I had excellent traction and put it to > the test (at slow speeds) in some slaloming single track. The 3x8 speed > configuration w/ 32T max in the back was plenty for the relatively short > duration climbs I was doing and my Silver BE shifters (newly refreshed w/ > Riv replacement plastic bits) worked great. I will have to remove my > kickstand if these tires stay on as they tires definitely rubbed on the > stand and ended up vibrating it up into the chainstay which made an > unpleasant noise. > > The unexpected bonus of the evening was running into several groups of > Whitetail Deer, mostly Bucks, some with pretty impressive (for VA) > antlers. My pictures don't really do them justice but the video I uploaded > does show a really pretty clearing with four of them staring me down. > Great night all around, makes me want to get out there once a week. > Pictures and video here; > > http://dr2dc.blogspot.com/2015/08/bombadil-off-road.html > > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto -- 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.
