given the significant road portion and that you won't have much load, i'd say that JBs'll be fine. there are some fairly rutted/rocky sections, so your mileage may vary, but it's all downhill and fairly gradual. anyway, it comes down to skill and weight.
i would probably ride 40mm anyway since i don't think that wide a tire is much slower (depending on so much, again--my standard is the mara supreme), but you won't need the tread so if your treadless/low road resistance option is just the jb--do it. ~erik On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:03 PM, James Warren <[email protected]>wrote: > > This is a question that probably only could be answered by members from the > San Francisco area, but here goes: > > I'm planning on doing a multi-day ride north from downtown San Francisco, > across the Golden Gate Bridge, and then exploring Marin and Sonoma. For part > of my route, I plan to take Bolinas Ridge Fire Road from where it starts at > Bolinas Fairfax to where it ends near Olema and Sir Francis Drake. > > I'm seeking opinions from those who have ridden the road. Will I be at all > unhappy if I ride this road with Jack Browns on a slightly loaded Rivendell, > like say, my Rambouillet? > > ('Cause I could go with the Atlantis 700x40's with some tread, but for the > type of ride the rest will be, it might be more fun on the Rambouillet with > JB's.) > > FYI: My current plan is to head up to Mill Valley, take Blithedale to > Railroad Grade, up to West Point Inn. Little break, followed by ride down > Old Stage to Pantoll, take Pantoll up to Ridgecrest. Take Ridgecrest to > Bolinas Ridge Fire Road. Then Platform Bridge to Pt. Reyes-Petaluma Road. > Spend the night in Petaluma. > > Day 2 not as planned out, but would probably take me up to Sonoma to hang > out up there. Then day 3 down Hwy 1. > > Thanks for any input! > Jim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- oakland, ca bikenoir.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
