Would it be good to have approximately the same wheel mass as your 700C friends. If you go lighter you would have less inertia and have to spin more to keep up. Heavier and acceleration would be slower. Long way of saying maybe you could have too light a wheelset???
On May 11, 10:20 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > It would be fun to see what our starting point is for the > suggestions. Do you have pictures or a build list? For example, if > you currently have 800g tires and your current rims would take a <30mm > tire, then I'm sure a lot of the suggesters would suggest just trying > narrow tires and tubes and see where that gets you. If you have 40- > spoke 650 gram rims, then many would encourage you to invest in a > lighter wheelset, but if you already have 32-hole ~400g rims, then > there's probably not a whole lot to be made up there. > > On May 11, 10:09 am, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My 58 cm Atlantis has 700c wheels, Mavic A 719 rims with Schwalbe > > Marathon Supreme tires. I also have a wheelset with Mavic CXP-22 rims > > and racy 23 mm tires that I occassionally put on the Atlantis. With > > no other changes (my usual collection of racks'n'sacks), just changing > > the wheelsets entirely transforms the character of the bike. It's a > > bit like jumping out of a sedan & into a sports car. OTH, the 100 psi > > tires ride like jackhammers and the narrower rims require fiddling > > with the brakes. Were I to seriously set up the Atlantis in a sporty > > mode, I'd go with 28 mm Continental Gatorskins (I'm severely flat > > averse) and take off the rear rack. > > > dougP > > > On May 10, 9:39 pm, canali <jwcoll...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > to make 26" rim'd atlantis fast randonneur: suggestions? > > > (thinking of buying a lighter pair of wheels for those faster riding > > > century/club days.) -- 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-bunch@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.
