I just took a nice 22 mile out and back, 3/4 dirt, along our Rio Grande bosque trails and fire roads: wonderful ride. I find that I am considerably less tempted to do the time trial schtick on dirt than I am on pavement, making for a more pleasant ride and -- mirabile dictu! -- fast, comfortable "mini time trials" on the way back, on dirt, thanks to having given myself ample time to warm up.
But enough about me. After riding the (insert name of non-Rivendell, but IMO very Rivendellish, tigg'd, Salsa model here -- steel! steel! It's steel!!) with the skinny Sun Rhyno wheelset with 40 mm Ritchey Speed Maxes for a couple of months, I finally got around to going to the fabric store and buying a roll of 1 1/2' ribbon wherewith to provide the SnoCat SLs with rim strips (I was tempted to buy some very pretty brocade type ribbon but saved my $$ and bought basic black) so I could re-install the Big Apples. Today's ride was on the BA wheelset at about 12/18 psi, and I was once again surprised and pleased at how well the 60 mm BAs roll; on pavement -- tho' they are faster at a few psi more: say 20/25 -- but especially on firm dirt and gravel; I swear up and down that they roll ***as well*** on the sub 1" sand, packed clay, woodcut debris and light gravel of the route I took as they do (at 12/18) on smooth pavement. (As I was cruising at 18 mph on the gravel verge of the bike path, a youngster passed me (on pavement) and said, "Nice beast!") Me, I'd rather push a soft BA on pavement than push a hard, skinny, sub 50 mm tire on dirt. So, what's y'all's preference for combination on/off road riding? Fat and soft on pavement, or skinny, hard 42s on dirt? Patrick "God willing, will pick up my 35 mm Kojaks for the Rhyno Lite wheelset -- strictly pavement! -- tomorrow" Moore -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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.
