How are maintained gravel roads different from fire/logging roads? In my experience, the only difference is that gravel roads have deeper gravel and more traffic. Steepness and washboardery are a wash. I grew up on fire roads and paved roads, and now live in an area of gravel roads and logging roads (Oregonians don't even know the term "fire road"). I'm not an extreme rider - I ride my Quickbeam on the same exact trails I ride my mountain bike on. I have a SON28 on the QB, and will purchase a Shimano Alfine dynohub pretty soon for my Gravel Roadster.
Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Oct 15, 5:10 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-15 at 08:04 -0700, Jan Heine wrote: > > With modern LED lights, the SON28 really makes sense only if you need > > to charge GPS/cell phones while going slowly, or if you need a truly > > bombproof wheel. Otherwise, you should get the Delux (formerly SON 20 > > R). > > Would you recommend the Delux for a bike you intend to ride on gravel > roads? (I do not mean single track or fire roads, or former logging > roads in an area that has been closed since a volcanic eruption over 30 > years ago, but rather currently maintained, active, gravel roads.) -- 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-bunch@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.
