Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19084
Location: PDX12/11/13 5:21 PM |
Not a woosee after all... 26^ content. ;)
Picked up a second 29er wheelset last night for non knobby tires use.
So I decided I would ride the bike to the PO to mail out some stuff. 26^ calm-ish winds. Closed for lunch, rode back home. 28^ now, second trip and then a detour down this moon scape for a road and back to the pavement to get home. kept the cranks spinning. ;)
I was actually pretty hot when I got back to the house. Worse the first trip, and I peeled off a layer for the 2^ hotter second trip. ;) Love that old Ceramic Ski Jacket! :) Over estimated what layers to have under...
Wheels have Salsa Semi welded 29er rims, like 30mm wide outside to outside @ bead! Came with Conti Comfart Contact 47C tires. Some serious meat, spread way out with rims that wide.
@ full pressure 58lb. makes for a nice ride. Although I suspect 5 minutes in 26^ the air density lowered the pressure.
Original plan was 28C or some 32s I have, but new 47s on the wheels, I thought I would not like but do.
Smooth center tread, and a pasella like edge tread. There was a few long sections of fresh 3/4" loose crushed stone to fix washouts. I was surprised how well the smooth tread handled it.
brrrr.....
;)
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