Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell gofast!

2015-02-09 Thread Patrick Moore
But I generally finish up at the 20 mile point while you go on for double that, no? On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:26 PM, hsmitham hughsmit...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah it's guy's like you burning past me on hills with me on my go slow '03 Atlantis running 55mm BB's sloughing along :-p Glad you took

[RBW] Re: Rivendell gofast!

2015-02-09 Thread Deacon Patrick
Awesome! Non-epic rides are my mainstay. I just got out (after way too long!) to enjoy this brilliant, sunny, warm, breezy pre-spring day of 50˚F! Gadzooks! I'd forgotten what that feels like. Amazing. Delicious. Stupendous. Awe-full! Grin. Rode up to a back trail, rode it till the ice began,

Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell gofast!

2015-02-09 Thread Jason Leach
Patrick, Have you looked into setting up one of your 559/571 bikes with tubular tires similar to how you have the Ram set up? That could be a way to get the plush construction you want out of a mythic 28mm 571 ERD tire. Continental makes the Sprinter 250 in a 650c analog size and it has a cotton

Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell gofast!

2015-02-09 Thread Patrick Moore
I wish I could find 28s in the 571 or the 559 size -- alas, no ... On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.com wrote: I ran 23 mm michelins and then continentals on my Ram but switched to the 29 mm Cerfs. I don't think the bike is one bit slower, and it is definitely

[RBW] Re: Rivendell gofast!

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Hechmer
I ran 23 mm michelins and then continentals on my Ram but switched to the 29 mm Cerfs. I don't think the bike is one bit slower, and it is definitely more comfortable. What a great bike. Our thermometer hasn't budged from 9 degrees in more than 24 hours. We're enjoying snowshoeing now,

[RBW] Re: Rivendell gofast!

2015-02-08 Thread hsmitham
Yeah it's guy's like you burning past me on hills with me on my go slow '03 Atlantis running 55mm BB's sloughing along :-p Glad you took that sweet ride out! ~Hugh On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 2:58:43 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: 'Nother non-epic ride this afternoon in 70*F Rio Rancho