Great Ryan, I will look for you there. It should be easy to find the guy with the fat-tired, fendered Kogswell. :) Thanks everyone for your advice. The JB's seem like a great idea. I do like the Road standard's handling and its cockpit (44cm Noodles vs 46cm on the Legolas) a bit more. So I am biased towards that bike. Either bike will be fun. I am looking forward to it. On Friday, June 1, 2012 8:43:18 AM UTC-6, Ryan wrote:
> I'll be there! I've done RTR almost every year since 1993. > I've not ridden the dirt section in question, but the other dirt roads > they've used in the past have actually been smoother than most of the > pavement. They spray some kind of chemical binder on the road ahead of time. > Colorado pavement, especially in the mountains, is pretty crappy. I > wouldn't use anything narrower than 32mm myself. > Having said that, 90+% of the riders use skinny 23mm tires and seem to > enjoy themselves. You do see lots of thick bar tape, jelly filled gloves > and those anti-vibration bar plugs! > On one particularly rough section I once picked up almost a dozen of those > plugs that had rattled loose and fallen on the road. > I'll be on my 650B Kogswell with 38-40mm tires, probably Trimlines. > Fenders too. > I'll be surprised if there are more than 10 fendered bikes there. I've > seen many totally rain-free years, but last year, it rained like hell on > the last day. You never know. Most likely, rain will come in the form of > the occasional brief, but intense afternoon thunderstorm. > Also, a bell is worth it's weight in gold when sharing the road with 2000 > other riders. > > Ryan in Albuquerque > > > > > > On Jun 1, 2012, at 6:40, Mojo <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Ride the Rockies starts weekend next. Is anyone from this group going to > be there? > > So I am between two bikes, a standard Rivendell road and a Legolas. > The Legolas has longboard fenders on it, so the thought is I will take the > road if the weather forecast is dry, the Legolas if wet. > I like the idea of having fenders for a 6 day ride though. Both bikes > weigh around 25lbs with empty saddlebag, empty water bottles, pump, repair > kit, bell, small lights. > > Now tires. This is 440 miles with about 25 miles of dirt. One 15 > mile stretch of dirt is towards the end of the longest day at 92 miles. The > dirt roads are described as smooth. I have three sets of tires: Jack Brown > Greens, Rolly Polys, Schwalbe Ultremo ZX (28mm). If the Legolas goes > it will definitely have the Jack Browns. The Riv road can take any of these > tires without fenders. > > Thoughts? Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/oPhpvUaYgf4J. > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/v6PQYyryzkEJ. 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.
