Oops. Guess the original topic was to do with trail riding with Ram/ Roms. I'm sure they are both excellant choices for the creeper. I have a Rambouillet....never had it off road to speak of...but I wouldn't be the least bit leary of it for "sane" off road use.
C On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:41 PM, clyde canter <clyde.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cross levers really help on the descent from > Whiite top....that is if your're running drop bars of course. > 3 of my metrics this year have been the creeper trail on my Sam....35 > Pasela TGs and fendered. > That's usually my longest ride(s) of the year...what is it like 67-68 miles > or so from Abingdon to WT and back? So that's a bit over 100K . I try to do > 5 or 6 solo metrics a year. Couldn't ask for a better machine(Sam Hill) > for that trail...IMHO. > Hope to see you up there some time.....I'll be the struggling old guy on > the Sam Hillborne... > Say hello. > Clyde in Virginia > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> FWIW, I've ridden the whole of the Creeper on my Ram, in two parts... >> From Abingdon to Damascus and back by myself, then from Damascus to >> Whitetop and back a few weeks later w/ my son. A few weeks from now >> should be fine weather, the last of this heat will be gone; but you'll >> be too early for the colors (but, you won't have the crowds w/o the >> colors, either)... >> >> FWIW, >> >> -L >> >> PS: running 32 Paselas w/ Tourguards... >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 2, 6:32 pm, roadrunner <irvh...@aol.com> wrote: >> > FWIW: I am running Marathon 35s on Mavic 622x19 rims with SKS fenders >> > just fine on my 59 cm Canti-Romulus. All in preparation for packed >> > gravel rail-trails riding in Virginia including the Virginia Creeper >> > and New River in a few weeks. Rode same across the Southern Tier and >> > the Pacific Coast(Seattle to Montara), both trips fully loaded. >> > Extremely versatile bike. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
