Deacon, I grew up in Alamosa, Colorado and rode my grandfathers ancient Schwinn during the winters. Alamosa probably gets less snow than your area, but back then the roads would get icy in November and stay that way until March. I rode the old Schwinn with 27x1.25 tires and a fixed gear. I was young and agile and it worked great! Fixed gear riding allows a surprising level of control over speed and balance and can save you when your brakes decide to freeze solid. Two decades later I spent a few winters in Jackson, WY and commuted by bike. I upgraded to Nokian A10 studded tires (700x32 I think) on my Jamis Coda and used a fixed gear there too. Those tires and the fixed gear made for an almost pleasant 6 mile roundtrip winter commute. If you don't anticipate having to push through unplowed snow, I think the Quickbeam and knobby tires will suit you just fine.
john On Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 7:50:36 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > The idea of narrower studded tires got me thinking: what if the answer to > my winter riding quandary is the Quickbeam (ss, solves drive train in > weather issues, plus, it has fenders) is Compasses supple knobbies, the > Steilacoom TC. Perhaps this winter I will try the narrow tire (now with > knobbies) approach to winter, at least on those freeze the drive train > days. Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.CredoFamily.org > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
