Been running 36h dyads on my Atlantis for 1.5 years. When I did the oregon outback, my Atlantis weighed 90 pounds. I'm 155. I was not gentle at all on the bike and they're still dead straight.
On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 12:17:44 PM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > There's a HUGE difference between the sort of terrain Patrick goes > bikepacking on and the C&O Canal Towpath. And there's a huge weight > difference as well (around 100 pounds!). I agree with the assessment that > Dyads would be fine, provided Philip is mindful of possible erosion > gullies, etc., on the Towpath. > > On 11/30/2015 09:19 AM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Dyads should be just fine, perhaps with 36 spokes to hedge bets against > potholes and future bikepacking? For reference I destroyed my rear Dyad > bikepacking on hiking trails on Pikes Peak after two years of ab/use. Me, > bike and gear total 280. My front rim is still a Dyad and is happily going > strong and I've not been gentle with it. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 6:47:46 AM UTC-7, Philip Kim wrote: >> >> Looking to get a wheel set built with either of these two rims in 650b >> flavor. >> >> I'm about 150lbs and don't carry much more than 20 pounds of overnight >> camping gear. Most it'll see is the C&O in the summer. Is the Atlas >> overkill? I also will commute 20 miles with just my lunch in the saddle >> bag, so I don't want to be too much of a slug. >> > > -- 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.
