Avery: It's always fun to welcome someone new to the group. To your question, a more performance oriented wheelset / tire choice could be your last 5%. I have an Atlantis with Mavic A719 rims (stout, touring hoops) and have run various Schwalbe tires for ages. Simply changing to the Soma C-lines made a noticeable difference in ride. I've also tired a lighter wheelset with silly/skinny tires and it entirely transforms the character of the bike. The same change on a more sporty frameset could be even more fun.
This gets me to thinking I should try the Somas on the racy wheelset. dougP On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:06:24 PM UTC-7, Avery Wilson wrote: > > > > Well, I wonder if my very small level of dissatisfaction (I am about 95% > happy!) could be cured by lighter wheel/tire setup, and maybe a longer > stem.. > > I have a 12cm TechDeluxe that I could put on, but that entails unwrapping > and rewrapping half of my bars. :) > > So a little description of the current setup: > > 56CM DTT Sam Hillborne > 10CM Tallux stem > Albatross bars > Wheels are LX Hubs with Velocity Dyad (heavy-ish touring rims) > Tires are Resist Nomad 700x45 (42 actual) Wire bead. > Brooks B17 regular. > Some sweet vintage Paul brake Levers > Marks Rack with Wald Medium Basket > Axiom Rear rack as bag platform (would rather have another Mark's Rack.. :) > > > Everything else is a Riv-standard build.. silver shifters, Sugino triple, > tektro R559 etc. > > Could I get some of that lively responsiveness that I love in the Hilsen > with a lighter wheelset and some of those sweet new Compass 700x38 tires? > Or is the ride of the AHH inherent in its frame? > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
