I could tolerate some dust here. All of ours has washed away. 2-3" per hour storms night before last. Landscape in the yard flourishing, will have to cut hay, I mean mow the yard sometime when it dries enough.
Plenty of firsthand experience with bow waves from the front wheel these last couple of commutes. Speed of entry into standing water defines the energy of the emitted furl, depth of pool defines the angle- deeper pool, steeper angle of the wave, narrower gap for feet between the produced plumes. Andy "What's a cubit" Cheatham Pittsburgh On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 4:26:04 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Not at all epic, nor grand, nor poetic, but just a quotidien 18 mile dirt > ride (well, about 2-3 miles of pavement) on our now-pretty-sandy acequia > roads and trails. I discovered new connections between old routes, which > makes certain rides longer on dirt with less pavement hopping. > > Temp about 100*F, humidity at a very reasonable 7%, winds mildly SW at 10 > mph or so. > > Matthews, 18 psi f and rear. If I rode only these paths and dirt roads, > I'd very seriously consider a fat bike, or at least a plus bike, for tires > 80 mm wide and 15 psi or less. At 61 mm and 18, I do alright in the sand if > I gear down (low on the big ring -- 42 -- is about 44", which lets me dig > through 3" sand; absolute bottom on the 28X28 is 29.5"). > > The acequias are full, but full of water stored from last year. Though > we've had 2 rainy days in the last 4-5 weeks (about 1/2" each time in my > area), we're in a pretty severe drought, and God willing will get a nice, > wet, and long monsoon; at least some predictions lean that way. "Long and > wet" means most of the annual 9" city-wide average; 5" to 14" at western > and eastern extremes, respectively. > > One aspect of this sort of riding, I must admit, is that I suffer less > from that very strangely persistent scruple of going fast; I've worn it > down, but on pavement, it's still there, more so than on dirt. > > Anyway, dirt, ducks, ditches, and a couple of horses' asses. > > Riv content: I wore my gofast Rivendell hat. > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- 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.
