You nailed it on the head: what do you want your hands/wrists to feel
like. Knobbies are completely unnecessary, but some cush is nice! 37mm
Supremes will be perfect!
Hope nobody is getting scared off... really, this is a Rivendell ride on
fire roads. Nothing agro-downhill-cowabunga-dude about
Just swapped out the Jack Browns for some ³700x40² Schwalbe Marathon
Supremes for the Rough Riders Ride this Wednesday here in SD, and for the
Riv ride up in Redlands this Sat. I wish they measured a true 40mm as they
are labeled, but at 37-38ish, they should at least have a bit more cush than
the
Aaron, awesome that you got out there!!! I hope we can do a Riv ride this
fall up there, so keep on scouting!
Funny how Dustin immediately picked up on the implications of the ride,
based on the choice of bike.
Hey, hope you can make it out here Saturday, a Romulus w/ Paselas will be
right at ho
I went on a reconnaissance ride in the Santa Monica mountains today,
covering some of the trails that could conceivably comprise the Rough
Riders ride, and I'd have to say that Dustin is right on this one.
I put some 35mm Paselas on my Romulus, which were the widest I had on
hand. I was able to d
FYI, I¹ve ridden with Chris Kostman on a Rough Riders ride here in San
Diego. CK often thinks nothing of doing gravel roads and fireroads on
25-35s. So I¹m guessing that if he suggests that most people would want a
³real² MTB for the ride--he means it. And the pace for the ride here was
definitely
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:06 PM, james black wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 22:35, David Estes wrote:
> > I'd love to do it, but the distance and more so the pace they project is
> > above my ability/endurance... to bad as it would be great. Make sure you
> do
> > it so you can lead us on a R
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 22:35, David Estes wrote:
> I'd love to do it, but the distance and more so the pace they project is
> above my ability/endurance... to bad as it would be great. Make sure you do
> it so you can lead us on a Riv Ride come this fall!!
This ride sounds like it is be
I'd love to do it, but the distance and more so the pace they project is
above my ability/endurance... to bad as it would be great. Make sure you do
it so you can lead us on a Riv Ride come this fall!!
DE
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Aaron Thomas wrote:
>
> Whoa. That ride is taking
Whoa. That ride is taking place in my backyard. Literally a few blocks
from my apt. Anyone in So. Cal. going to do it?
On May 7, 6:33 pm, David Estes wrote:
> If you can't make the 35 mile Rivendell May ride on the 16th, there's a 50
> miler planned out of L.A. by Chris Kostman
>
> http://www.xo
