I nice road with no cars is a great thing! Your pressures sound really low for a 33.3mm tire I think that's about what I run 40mm tires at. YMMV of course :-)
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have been loving my Sam for the past year, mostly on mixed pavement/ > dirt rides, but hadn't taken it on any long truly twisty descends > since the first month I had it, when I scared myself a bit due to > severely under-inflated tires that gave that lovely "rolling sideways > off the rim" sensation on the switchbacks. > > Anywho, took the Sam up the mountain (Doi Suthep) yesterday, not all > the way but from the valley at 1000ft to the Temple at 3500ft. Road is > luxuriously wide with 2 lanes going up, 1 lane down, and a good > shoulder (after all, the road also goes to the King's winter > palace). :) So even stupid passers on the way up are extremely > unlikely to end up in the downhill lane. With properly inflated tires > this time (Jack Browns, 40psi front 45 rear) Sam was absolutely in his > element. Best descending single I have ever ridden, only matched by my > Ibis tandem. Now I haven't ridden all that many different bikes, but I > used to have the last lugged steel Bianchi (Veloce, 1995) and a 1997 > Indy Fab Planet-X. The Sam felt solid yet lively, and extremely > predictable, allowing mid-curve adjustments easily from the hooks of > the Noodles. What a joy! > > Gernot > > PS: I have a Nitto Mini on the front with a rattan basket, which was > empty except for my rain jacket. > > -- > 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 *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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.
