that's an extreme application - will be interested to know how the tires hold up. Really looks nice. Thanks for showing the photos.
On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 9:03:14 PM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > http://dr2dc.blogspot.com/2015/06/barlow-pass-burley.html > > Yet another gushing, happy compass tire customer. (at the price it's a > good thing we're all delighted!) I threw the 700x38 non extra light > versions on my Burley Bossa Nova last week with the express purpose of > making the bike a comfortable C&O Canal Towpath bike given my proximity. > Worked out great, the conversion from 27 1/4 to 700c was without drama and > my clearances still are excellent. I"ll be adding some Berthoud steel > fenders next, I love how solid they are once mounted. The tires act very > similar to my EL Hetre's, they almost any pavement seem like fresh pavement > and they make hardpack/gravel trails feel like regular pavement (if not > better). Nice upgrade from the 32mm Gatorskins I was running. > > My wife and I have enjoyed the tandem so much the past three weeks we've > been getting out more and more. Monday night in fact we got out for a > quick ride to Jones Point Park (under the VA side of the Woodrow Wilson > Bridge) and back and I nearly had a disaster when I clipped a parking > barrier with my non-drive side pedal. Luckily we were going slow but we > ended up on our feet out of the saddle. The bike didn't sound great on the > way home and Erika's handlebars were out of place but we got home in one > piece. As the picture below show's though that slow speed collision, my > weight (on the saddle) and her weight (on the handlebars) bent the Kalloy > seatpost in an instant! Good thing I had another. > > I re-tuned the drivetrain, replaced the seatpost and it seems ok. We'll > have to get a test ride in over the weekend to make sure. Gotta keep the > tandem rolling at all costs now that it has captured both of our attention! > > > Tony > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aIIqys1g1Vw/VYIl968G8NI/AAAAAAAAIN8/9_sDncGKhi4/s1600/DSC_5450.jpg> > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SL7YtlDBeg8/VYImIYp86sI/AAAAAAAAIOQ/Xe12thA-EdY/s1600/IMG_20150616_205748921.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AZbGWki7KCQ/VYImK2d3KGI/AAAAAAAAIOc/3ljyAp4-ExM/s1600/IMG_20150616_210257445.jpg> > > Bad post and good post... > > > > -- 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.
