I'm no gravel expert -- sand is more my line -- but I recall 10+ miles of fast downhill on a very heavily washboarded, deeply gravelled, ex-logging road in the Jemez. The Fargo was shod with 60+ mm 700C Big Apples at no more than 20 psi, but despite standing, knees bent, on the pedals with hands loosely gripping the hoods, some parts were so rough (and fast) that I literally could not breath and I literally could see only a blur -- my diaphragm and eyeballs were rattling so much. I would have gone slower, but my brother (on much skinnier and harder 26" tires) was keeping 1/4 to 1/2 mile ahead by virtue of his downhill handling skills (and better vision) and I wasn't going to wuss out.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Deacon Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Och! The hardest roads to ride are those that have just been maintained. > Tied for first are roads that get enough traffic to get DEEP washboard, > like the kind that swallows what feels like a third of your tire before > spitting you out and back down to the next one. I have yet to figure those > out other than stand and go slow and hope there is a line you can follow at > some point. They are horrific to hit at speed. > -- 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/d/optout.
