Sure Ed, I'm happy to talk bike packing! This was the first time I'd used the Appaloosa for bike packing. It was a lot of trail riding so I thought it'd be the perfect choice. I used the 50mm Soma Cazaderos which were wonderful. 50mm seems like a good size for this bike as I do a lot of around town riding as well as trails. The Cazaderos are pretty grippy on the sides and are pretty supple. No flats on this trip which was great (I was using tubes, not tubeless). Because I was going to be on trails which would be bumpy, I decided to skip panniers and simply used bags strapped to the racks to keep things nice and tight without any rattling. While not as convenient as panniers, this was a good call. My gearing was important too because the Santa Cruz mountains can be very steep. My lowest gear on the triple crank is a 28 and paired with a 40 in the back was super nice. I think that works out to somewhere in the high teens for gear inches. Even so, I still had to hike-a-bike a few sections. I'm looking forward to another trip hopefully this spring.
Ryan On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM Ed Fausto <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome Ryan :-) > > Tell us more about your bikepacking in the Santa Cruz mountains. > What tire/size did you use for your Appaloosa? > > On Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 3:04:07 PM UTC+8 Evan E. wrote: > >> Welcome, Ryan! >> >> Evan >> San Francisco >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/h2GoEiBLzak/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dce368bf-004d-4049-87f3-270b434ecf7fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dce368bf-004d-4049-87f3-270b434ecf7fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHBamiXEthPDJBty6-8MtfSDc4OhCmv8mQ4kMqJWqa57DFiihw%40mail.gmail.com.
