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Today-Saturday-A New Year's Eve ride into the woods West of town on an old Railroad grade and sometimes path. They built a bridge over the one ravine that was formerly too steep to ride through-excellent! This makes the whole loop rideable. Kinda chilly out, about 52 F. and sunny...
Today-Saturday-A New Year's Eve ride into the woods West of town on an old Railroad grade and sometimes path. They built a bridge over the one ravine that was formerly too steep to ride through-excellent! This makes the whole loop rideable. Kinda chilly out, about 52 F. and sunny...
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Cool Tufty! Are those tyres studded? I have been thinking about getting some for the snow but can't decide on size.
Cool Tufty! Are those tyres studded? I have been thinking about getting some for the snow but can't decide on size.
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Nah, stock tyres. Geax Saguaros in 2.0. You need a decent amount of tread left, but on packed snow you're fine. Once you start hitting sheet ice, yeah, studs would be useful (and avoid the bruising), but I've learned my lesson on that - avoid sheet ice like the plague.
FWIW, if they behave anything like studded tyres on cars, studded tyres will be useless on anything other than ice and snow, and will be liable to throw you off on the road.
A bigger issue is ice buildup on your cleats if you need to get off and walk (like on that downhill section between the trees that finishes with a sheet of ice and which I should have got off and walked the first time). Not sure if spuds are better than crank brothers stuff in that respect, but I doubt it.
Nah, stock tyres. Geax Saguaros in 2.0. You need a decent amount of tread left, but on packed snow you're fine. Once you start hitting sheet ice, yeah, studs would be useful (and avoid the bruising), but I've learned my lesson on that - avoid sheet ice like the plague.
FWIW, if they behave anything like studded tyres on cars, studded tyres will be useless on anything other than ice and snow, and will be liable to throw you off on the road.
A bigger issue is ice buildup on your cleats if you need to get off and walk (like on that downhill section between the trees that finishes with a sheet of ice and which I should have got off and walked the first time). Not sure if spuds are better than crank brothers stuff in that respect, but I doubt it.
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muddy local loop today on the modern bike, and once again ive killed a rear mech 
aint ridden with these lads for a year or so and it was great to see them again, some ive been riding with since bitd
30 miles, 30 smiles, good times
ready for a strip and rebuild
aint ridden with these lads for a year or so and it was great to see them again, some ive been riding with since bitd
30 miles, 30 smiles, good times
ready for a strip and rebuild
