Hugh, I'm with you, I haven't ridden that much since the new tires are on but I love the look of the bike... rough and ready... I did take it out in the snow tonight for my shift at the bike co-op. Really short ride but on my way home I strayed into a small park with plenty of snow on grass with tree roots. I felt like a little kid, lots of fun! Not going anywhere, not logging miles, only spending about 10 min really...
The tires did great on the streets which are still a bit of a mess in my neighborhood, hardpack snow, salt, black ice, and clear pavement all in random patches. On the snowy park I was definitely able to loose traction with some turns but for such small tread they gave me more confidence than I had anticipated. Enough that I'm actually contemplating commuting tomorrow. Going to be mighty cold, I'll make the call in the morning. The DIY studs are intriguing! Might be a fun project though I'm not sure these tires are a good candidate. I'm definitely jealous of your snow-less, moderate to amazing constant weather patterns! Tony On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:03 AM, hsmitham <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony, > > Don't know why but I think fat tires on an Atlantis just looks right. And > those Kenda's look great. Here's a > DIY<http://gypsybytrade.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/studded-nate-grip-studs/>for > studded tires...since it doesn't snow in LA really no reason for > studs...on the matter of snow and fenders I've seen never experienced the > jam up and it seems like not running with them in snow sort of makes sense, > and what Steve P. said about the flat fender I believe is correct perhaps > wear something to protect against the wet strip up the back. > > ~Hugh > > > On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:11:56 AM UTC-8, Tony DeFilippo wrote: >> >> Yet another snow day in the DC area... I think the schools will be in >> session till July 4th at this rate! Supposedly we're in for our biggest >> snowfall since 2011 but I'll believe it when I see it. I don't have true >> snow tires, but I did pick up some sweet used 29x2.1 Kenda Small Block >> Eight tires at the co-op recently and had been hoping to try them out on my >> Atlantis. 700Cx54mm tires! I need to measure the actuals on my 23mm Dyad >> rims but they fit just fine once the fenders came off. I also finally got >> around to moutning my front Nitto rack/basket/light setup. Peter White can >> rest assured that I've maintained the centerline, above tire location of >> the light but he'll be upset that I don't have fender coverage for the >> beastie... I'll keep an eye on it and possibly add some kind of splash >> protection. It's a sweet light, and I can see based on the light pattern >> why keeping it center and over tire is desireable. Stand over w/ the >> monster tires is not improved for me... predictably, but it is fun. I'm >> going to take it for a spin this morning before the snow comes in then >> we'll see about later! More pix on the blog - http://dr2dc.blogspot.com/ >> 2014/01/monster-snow-cross-atlantis.html >> >> Tony >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7RiNKo6Y7qQ/Ut5sIUqO9SI/AAAAAAAADGQ/RuEQK8JVgD8/s1600/RAD_1040.jpg><https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-G_p7K346CpU/Ut5sIcpa1PI/AAAAAAAADGk/7zjswNk1ajo/s1600/RAD_1042.jpg> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/e_cri0xuazQ/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
