I have a theory that the faster you are the narrower your tire can be. If you are finishing in 60 to 80% of the alloted time then your bike doesn't need to be as comfortable. If you are finishing in 80 to 100% of the time you are spending much more time in the saddle and the bike better be set up just right or you will end up hurting.
The theory probably doesn't really hold up as I am as slow at they come and I have been fine on my Rambouillet with 28mm Ruffy Tuffy's. That is probably a testament to the Riv designed frame with slacker angles and steel tubes since the Ruffy Tuffy is not the softest tire out there. Larry Powers "just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a double back flip" - John Hiatt > Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 06:15:38 -0700 > Subject: [RBW] Re: AHH, Romulus, or Saluki for Randonneuring? > From: psh...@drm.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > On Aug 31, 4:36 pm, Solomander <soloman...@aol.com> wrote: > > I'm curious what wheel/tire set up all of you rando guys use. > > i don't think you'd notice a difference in spokes, but i certainly > think you'd notice a difference if you went with 28mm or 30mm paselas > instead of 35s. > > for me, conditions rarely justify a tire larger than 30mm - especially > on brevets. and i'd say about 95% of the seasoned randonneurs in my > region run tires between 25-28. > > _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
