Great point, Donnie. I'll see how I feel after I push the Quickbeam envelope and tour do a Colorado version of the Oregon Outback. If my second one is on the Hunqapillar, then we'll have our answer.
With grinning abandon, Patrick On Saturday, June 7, 2014 9:43:03 AM UTC-6, VeloDirt wrote: > > Lot's great tire info on here. I just wanted to add my 2 cents re: > rolling with tires like Jan's. In case anyone gets the wrong idea - keep > in mind that Jan didn't carry camping gear and rode straight through. If > you're riding with 20+ lbs of extra gear, food and water, you'll most > likely want to roll on some fatter tires than he did. Our 2" min. tire > recommendation is based on bikepacking the route over several days, not a > one-shot-deal. Having ridden the route twice now, I still believe a 2" > min tire is the best option for the average rider and I don't think I'd > ever ride it on anything skinnier than that. I don't mind being a little > slower on the pavement sections in exchange for being much more comfortable > on the rough stuff. That is strictly a matter of personal opinion. > > Donnie > velodirt.com > -- 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.
