Anne, I will second what D. Patrick wrote regarding the washboard & riding technique. My Atlantis & I have spent considerable time on the washboards in Colorado & Arizona as well as on the cobblestones in Tacoma, Washington. I will say that I find it much easier to find a good riding rhythm on the washboard than I do on the cobbles. As I & others have also noted, reducing tire pressure appropriately goes a long way to smoothing the road out.
As one more data point, when I was out there riding those trails, I was on Schwalbe Marathon XRs, I think 45-ish wide tires. When I do ride the Divide route, I'll probably use a nice, wide cyclocross tire with a low-profile tread in the center and knobbies on the edges since one of the biggest problems for me was maintaining traction & control when riding in deep-ish ruts in soft-ish sand... On Friday, 2 August 2013, Anne Paulson wrote: > From what I hear, in the New Mexico portions of the trail, > washboarding can't be avoided by picking a good line. At least, people > riding the New Mexico section, people who were tired of day after day > of washboard and had every incentive to avoid washboards, report they > were unable to do so. > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > -- > 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 <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<javascript:;> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
