Keven, at Riv, did originally suggest the Pasela. I liked the idea of the lighter Jack Brown Green. Riv does not suggest the Greens for off road, but they do mention that at least one of their own uses them quite a bit off road. I have become very good at taking care of flat tires, spare tube, patch kit (does everybody know you can buy additional patches for the patch kit? i am probably one of the few who ran out of patches before the glue dried up). I commute 12.5 miles to work, and once got a flat on the way there and another on the way home. Only once have I removed an offending thorn. It is possible that some of those flats were the same object (a thorn not found), but I am careful to run my bare hand around both the rim and inside of the tire. All except for one were on the rear tire. Many were after a recent series of storms, so there was extra plant material on the road. All have been on the outside edge of the tube, none at the stem. Once or twice, I was able to see, hear, and feel a small leaking hole on the tread surface of the tire. Most likely this is just bad luck, but if/when I get to make the decision again, I will probably go with the Jack Brown Blue or the Pasela.
Thanks for the suggestion on the tube. I will check to be sure I have tubes for the 33. Every time I patch, of course, the probability of getting another flat should decrease, because next time the thorn may be trying to find its way through a patch. Todd On Jan 24, 11:08 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 1/24/09 6:10 PM, Todd Olsen at todd_ol...@comcast.net wrote: > > > I got the Jack Brown Greens, but when those wear out, I will probably > > get something a little thicker, Pasela, because i have gotten too many > > flats (6-7 in only 350 miles). > > I know better than to reply to this directly, but I have this....friend... > who got JB Greens on his Hilsen in September of 2007, has run them on all > sorts of conditions and now runs them on his Quickbeam. He cannot recall > having those flats. > > As always, YMMV with flats. But, I would recommend checking your tubes. If > you have tubes from smaller size (23 - 28 mm's), I've found those to be a > bit more susceptible to flats (especially pinch-type) than a larger tube. > That does seem like a lot of flats in a short distance - rim tape ok? no > burrs at the valve hole? > > > > > Also, if you think you might ride off road a bit, consider 172.5 or > > 170 crank rather than 175. I bang my pedals into rocks and the side > > of the trail quite a bit, and perhaps a little shorter crank will be a > > little safer. or maybe i should just pay attention a little better. > > I thought the stock Sugino cranks were 170's. That's what came on mine. I'm > now running 172.5's in C. Xavier Hilsen mode. I bang them less often than > will my earlier Lemond cross frame. It does take a ride or two to > recalibrate foot position. > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > ³Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly mice. > They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a > desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a > one-hour bicycle ride.² - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
