I forgot an aside, worthy of another thread. Thus: Am I alone in finding 50 mm, at least for 700C wheels, a sweet spot for pavement and loose dirt? The F Freds measure 51 mm with my electronic caliper, and while I do notice that 51 mm at 17/20 does not float as well, nor roll as cush, as 15/18 and 65 mm (Big Apples; stouter, though still supple sidewalls -- the beef in the BA is in the tread and lining), I also notice that they track straighter through 2" of sand than 40-somethings -- I ride some of the same firmer bits on the Elk Passes, and while those are surprisingly cushy for 28s, the 50s just feel right. With the F Freds, I can ride anything I rode with the 65 mm Big Apples, albeit perhaps in the deeper parts, with a bit more effort, and when I have to get off to push, it's in places where 14 more mm wouldn't have let me ride, either.
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice looking ride -- that's pretty much how I'd set up a bike for road > use. The Matthews' bar is about even with saddle. And yet you find the > springs do help. I'll have to try another Flyer, some day. > > Yesterday's ride on the Matthews, a bit over 25 miles, covered at least 22 > miles on dirt, say 3-4 of singletrack and 15 of pretty rough dirt and > gravel; the remaining dirt miles on the wide, smoothish crusher fine > "shoulders" of the paved bits -- Parks 'n' Rec were out improving the > surfaces*. On the Conservancy access roads, there were plenty of high > frequency and low amplitude bumps, including washboard. The 51 mm F Freds > were at ~18/21, a good compromise for dirt and pavement. > > Although the Matthews is noticeably less jarring than the Fargo or the > Redline Monocg 29er (now *there* was a frameset that could negate soft, > 60+ mm tires!) I sometimes wonder if some butt suspension wouldn't be nice. > OTOH, 2 lbs versus a bit more than half a lb -- that makes me pause. And, I > after so many years, I have acquired the unthinking reflex of hoisting > myself on my legs and loosening my grip when I see rough terrain. (Saddle > is a later edition Flite, wide enough for my behind.) > > Now that Brooks is catering to the expensive crowd, why don't they put > carbon fiber to real use and develop a sprung undercarriage using > lightweight cf? > > * From a bit north of Coors and Montano to a bit south of Rio Bravo. I > hear you can ride south until Isleta Pueblo land stops public access -- > about where I-25 curves west -- but I've not been that far. That's my next > goal. > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm set up in kops on my Bleriot . You can see the the seatpost and the >> way the saddle set up on it here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/7023 >> 7737@N00/TnUUnm >> >> KOPS on Sam: https://www.flickr.com/gp/70237737@N00/TnUUnm >> >> Always perfect bounce from day one. >> I wonder why they don't bounce for some people? Maybe there's enough >> differences in the human body that the subtleties won't allow it to work >> for some but they work for others? I don't know. Maybe I just have more >> junk in the trunk ha ha Ha. >> >> -- >> 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 https://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 contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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 contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
