Al, the rolling resistance has got to be very low if you use smooth tires or metal rims. I think all you would really need is a hard rubber lip on the inside of a wider fatbike-width rim to really do it right. There's no uphills or downhills because the maximum grade a train can handle is 3% and no sharp turns because trains don't like those either. Maybe a little boring but you could go quite fast and see things no other cyclists can see. I'd imagine it's a wonderful, relaxing experience.
It'd be nice to see a modern purpose built railbike with wider clearances and custom rims at the same gauge as the rails and an outrigger made collapsible and portable with S&S couplings. Maybe even one of those wheel carriers like British cyclists used to carry a set of lightweight racing wheels and tires to the track back in the old days, that way you could use it to get to and from the railway too. Hey, anyone want to put down a deposit on a Railroad Bubbe? Maybe base it on the Clem Smith, hobos did ride the rails after all... -- 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.
