Great suggestion, Andy. Done. Sorry to go off topic. With abandon, Patrick
On Monday, February 25, 2013 11:29:05 AM UTC-7, Andy Smitty Schmidt wrote: > > Hey Deacon, > I got nothin' for you regarding riding/braking in the snow. This is might > be a good topic for it's own thread with an appropriate title to lure the > attention of those who ride in the snow. > --Smitty > > On Monday, February 25, 2013 4:29:16 AM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Hello! This is my first post here. I've owned my Hunqapillar for nearly a >> year and love it! >> >> I ride fat Duremes on my Hunq and did a stretch of 6-8" snow on a >> steepish fire road I regularly ride. Walked it up, rode it down. Any tips >> for keeping the brakes from freezing up so they just glide over the rims? >> It was 15˚F and the scary part was the ineffectual brakes. Pumping and hard >> braking kept them mostly functional after a few ice glide times. The >> powdered snow just gets in there and reduces friction a lot. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/ >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Sunday, February 24, 2013 6:56:55 PM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: >>> >>> Yes, for that ride the knobbies will be fine.I need to get something >>> like the Dureme or Little Ben for touring. >>> >>> ~mike >>> >>> On Sunday, February 24, 2013 5:38:59 PM UTC-8, dougP wrote: >>>> >>>> Mke: >>>> >>>> That came out great looking. Can't wait to see it in person. You plan >>>> on using this one on Thursday? >>>> >>>> dougP >>>> >>>> On Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:40:55 PM UTC-8, Mike Schiller wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I was out this afternoon for the 1st ride on the new bike, a custom >>>>> bike for mixed terrain rides and light touring. Pretty fun riding >>>>> singletrack at Calaveras with all the full suspension MTB's. >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/37347002@N05/8504642733/in/photostream >>>>> >>>>> ~mike >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:49:59 AM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> @ Mike, yeah it was a great day! I'll be down your way soon, love the >>>>>> rides down there. You getting one in today? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hugh >>>>>> Sunland, CA >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:39:45 AM UTC-8, Mike Schiller wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Looks like a fun ride Hugh. Really nice day in So Cal. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ~mike >>>>>>> Carlsbad Ca. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
