I just last week got back from a 2500 mile tour, Mexico to Canada via the Sierra and the Cascades. Once again, as often happens, my riding companions sometimes complained that about rough roads. And once again, in the main I didn't notice the roads being rough, although the dirt detours that I took a time or two and my companions didn't were pretty bumpy in places.
I'm at a loss to understand what I'm missing. This was a loaded tour. I was riding my Atlantis with 26 x 1.5 Panaracer Paselas, which should be comfortable tires, by my companions were riding fine touring bikes (Surly LHT, Co-Motion Americano, other touring bikes) with reasonable touring tires (mostly Schwalbe Marathons, one guy had Vittoria Randonneurs I think). Why are these fragile flowers noticing bad roads when I don't? What are they doing wrong, that they're riding touring bikes and complaining about chipseal? When I ride at home on unloaded bikes, my friends sometimes complain about bad roads when I don't, but I chalk that up to their insistence in riding 25 mm tires pumped up to 120 pounds while I'm happy on my Roadeo with 28 mm tires. -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- 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.
