What were you using before? Sorry, I missed that part of the conversation. I must keep those in mind for the Fargo, though I seem to be going in a more roady direction with that bike: from 37 lb and 12 psi 65 mm tires to 28 lb and skinny little 51 mm tires (tho' I just checked pressure after 19 miles of pavement and dirt and the are, F/R, 15/18.)
That said, the Furious Freds are Pretty Damn' Good -- on pavement I was pushing the same gear, roughly, as on my errand road bike with Kojaks -- shifting between 64" on dirt, briefly 60" on a sandy couple of miles churned up by horses, to 68" and 72" on pavement depending on wind. The *beau ideal* would be 60 mm Furious Freds without the little central knoblets and slightly bigger knobs on the shoulders. Today's ride, discovering and re-discovering nearby roads and trails -- beside the acequia trails and roads, there are dozens of pretty little neighborhoods scattered throughout the area (essentially, I-40 in the south to a mile or so north of Alameda, and from the river to 2nd Street, w/e). I found some of both that I've not seen before, and others that I've not ridden for a long while. Basically, I followed my nose and got myself pleasantly lost, discovering that what I had thought was East (or really, ESE, the direction of the Sandias). I would almost be tempted to get one of the new Rawlands built around 559 X 50 mm tires, but I am sold on 622 fatties. IME -- and, though I've taken no measurements, I daresay my experience of 50+ years of riding is worth something -- taller tires of the same width roll better over small bumps -- washboard, say -- and sand, and that at higher pressures than 559s of the same width. That is to say that, IME, a 622X 60-65 at 20 rolls through sand and washboard like a 559 X 60 at 12/17. I suspect that more of my riding will be this sort of (sandy and choppy) dirt + pavement, given that I have scores of such beautiful miles near my house; and this tempts me (get thee behind me, Satan!) to consider a Chauncey Matthews custom in the allroud idiom, but translated into NW Albuquerque riding conditions. But enough about me! Patrick: I'll be interested to learn how the TBs perform and hold up longer term. Are you using tubes? A wee nudge toward tubeless ... Oh! My new front wheel, with very nice, bright silver, cartridge-bearing disk front hub -- Sunshine brand? $15 or so shipped eBay NEW -- and Avid 160 mm rotor, plus FF tire and sealant, as well as a Nashbar allen skewer, all on the new Velocity Blunt SS rim, weighs exactly 1,502.5 grams. On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Wow! Holy Smokes! Gadzooks! Absolutely amazing. Wow! > > All surfaces are smoother, faster, grippier, more sure. Butter. > > Now, lets hope they last at least a year. Sardonic grin. Photo (and the > next three to the left): > https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/16724441584/ > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
