Jan said after the ride that he would have preferred something fatter than 42 mm for the dirt sections. I think a low profile knobby in like 52-56 mm wide would be ideal. Schwalbe makes some super plush XC racing tires like the Thunder Burt that would be great for this ride. I know of a few people who used these and were very pleased with the performance on this ride.
~mike Carlsbad Ca. On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:58:52 AM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > > Here are pictures of some of the bikes that did the organized Oregon > Outback. > > https://www.facebook.com/jamesnathanjones/media_set?set=a.10203614505580588.1073741833.1154446016&type=1 > > What tires were you thinking of using for the route? The 1.9" smooth > Schwalbes I have on my Atlantis seem like a tiny bit of underbiking, and > the 3" tires on my Krampus seem like overbiking. > > Jan Heine did the route, very fast, on smooth 42mm Compass Babyshoe Pass > tires on his randonneur bike. I'd be happier with more rubber and disc > brakes than on a randonneur bike, I'm pretty sure. > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 8:44 AM, velomann <velo...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> When are you going? I'm considering for later June myself but don't want >> to go it alone. >> >> Mike >> >> >> On Monday, June 2, 2014 9:09:55 PM UTC-7, Antonioni Vicente wrote: >>> >>> Any Rivsters out there ever ridden this route? >>> >>> Tons of stuff on Velodirt.com but as usual- seeking the Riv School's >>> input. >>> >>> An Atlantis and a '93 XO-3 soon to tackle it... >>> >>> Thanks y'all. >>> >>> -ant >>> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > -- 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. 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/d/optout.
