An excellent outing and observations! Those Pari Motos are establishing a real solid reputation!
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Ted Durant <teddur...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > An item on my bucket list for a while has been to ride from here > (Milwaukee) to my alma mater, Carleton College, in Northfield, MN. It's just > shy of 600k, and it can involve any mix you'd like of gravel and pavement. > It took me a while to assemble the equipment and the courage, but I finally > did it. A week and a half earlier I had done a 9 hour 200k and felt pretty > good about it. So, I mounted my new front wheel from Peter White, plus a set > of tan Pari Motos from Sean at Rawland Cycles (located, not coincidentally, > in Northfield, MN). A couple of commutes confirmed that the Pari Motos > deserve their reputation. They feel lots faster than the Fatty Rumpkins they > replaced. Mostly I've been riding Maxy Fastys, but I wanted more volume for > this trip. > > It was a memorable experience. I was able to complete the ride in 28h 30m. > I'm working on a full report with pictures, but I need to figure out the > best way to put them on the web. It was a long ride. It's a long report. If > you want to see just the pictures, they're at > http://gallery.me.com/teddurant#100040 > > Main take-aways for this group are: > Pari Motos are da bomb. Close to half of the 600k was on gravel/crushed > limestone, and they flew over it, had no flats, and show no sign of wear. > The Travelo, a Bleriot Protovelo, is a fabulous bike for this sort of > thing. > Vaseline is your friend. Don't spare it. > Tevas are good, but I'm not sure they're a good idea for that much > distance. > Home-made fruit&nut bars with a bit of candied ginger (and chocolate, of > course) seem to work really well for me. > Riding on a tree-lined rail-trail at night is creepy and boring and not > really much fun. > The Hardees on the UM-Winona campus is open 24 hours and has very > interesting people in it at 2am. > > Happy riding! > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI, USA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
