Link is to West Virginia, but is it similar to what you describe? http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=RrzKj&pic_id=502534&v=1&size=large
On Apr 23, 9:24 pm, rswat...@me.com wrote: > On Apr 23, 2010, at 20:14, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 20:04 -0600, rswat...@me.com wrote: > >> The Hetre is my Favorite tire ever, but only on pavement. It has > >> no tread to speak of and feels much less secure in dirt than a CDLV > >> or Trimline to me. > >> I have pathetic off-road skills however. > > > What does "dirt" mean to you? > > I don't know, just the typical dirt roads I encounter around Colorado > and New Mexico. The Hetres slip much more when cornering and climbing > than the more "tready" tires. There are a couple roads that have > seriously hard, smooth stuff like you describe below where even a > skinny slick would work, but they have looser sections, too. > > > > > When I speak of "dirt road riding" I'm talking about Northern Virginia > > gravel roads. The base is very hard, sometimes with some loose small > > gravel on top but usually not. Occasional to severe potholes and > > washboard, but basically graded and not too much in the way of sharp > > rocks or ruts. > > > Tread, especially knobby tread, would do absolutely nothing for you > > on a > > surface like that: there's no way rubber any softer than granite would > > dig into it. You'd need a pick axe to dig in to that stuff. What > > does > > help is a wide, secure footprint and the Hetre sure has that. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
