Ryan - Thanks! I feel more comfortable after the first TL failure honestly than before... now I have experienced one failure and gotten through it without having to 'phone a friend'. Not sure if that is normal but I do feel a bit more comfortable w/ the idea. Now I'm not that comfortable with riding that combo of tires/rims and terrain but I may give it another go (equipped with co2). The Arlington Loop ride was such a bonus, I haven't done it all year to this point and it's a shame because if I managed my time a bit better I could maybe even slide it into a commute one of these days. It was great riding two routes that weren't my commute if nothing else. I'm glad to hear you made it out to Fountainhead, that is on my list and a buddy has promised to show me around. Is your MTB a more modern/suspension ride? I'm new to the singletrack riding and like the idea of tagging along with more experienced riders!
Lungimsam - Thanks as well! I said it in an earlier post but TL for me is a solution searching for a problem... I have not been flat prone in any wheel/tire set up at this point, as you mention the DC area is pretty benign for that. I did have a ton of pinch flats on a tandem C&O ride last summer but that is a different beast. Anyway it was more curiosity mixed with getting ahold of the PL23 rims. I tried mounting them with tubes and pinched two tubes right off the bat, I was going to donate the rims (they were gifted to me from Erl/Weth) and he passed me the link about TL compatibility so I figured I'd give it a try. I've got the stuff to try tubeless on my A23's with the Parimoto's as well but haven't done it yet. I was surprised how long I've had the Saluki in its new configuration. I got the original Saluki (the purple-luki) way back in late March 2014 and I rode the GAP with my Dad on that bike in May 2014 and promptly traded it list member Bill for his (formally Steve's) Green Saluki, then I wrecked the bike in Aug 2014 and didn't get the new fork, alignment, re-paint completed till Mar 2015... it was an eventful first year with the Saluki to be sure. Now that I just looked up those dates the last 15 months of just riding and maintaining a very static build seems all the more amazing. I commuted today on the Saluki and realized I must have pushed out some air in the tires w/ the Arlington Loop yesterday, still rode good but I was working a bit harder than I needed to. Tonight I messed with the Canti brake setup after seeing some good recent posts on one of the lists about proper brake setup. Going from the upright/mtb levers to road levers made me realize I had not optimized the brakes much... we'll see how it stops tomorrow morning. I'm planning for a 'coffee outside' with the CCCC - Crystal City Coffee Club - tomorrow morning. My camping kettle is MIA so I'll have to brew at home or buy a cup in CC but it should still be fun. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
