Well, we haven’t hit that brutal weather yet, so it hasn’t been bad. It was pretty nice last week. The roads were so dry I was able to ride a bike with 700x23 (very skinny) tires on it with no worries.
Nice tires! Mine are Nokians. When it's really cold, it's so hard to catch your breath after any exertion. At least for me. Gotta be tough for you after being ill.
Definitely. Not feeling awful but the cough is lingering. And of course the trade off for us using studded tires is increased safety but we have to work much harder with the increase resistance. Better that than crashing though, right?
Most I can get to on that particular bike is 28…….older and the clearance isn’t there to get any bigger.
Particularly with snow and slush. Very little, if at all, lack of performance with the disc brakes in these conditions. Hard to beat that.You’re right, they are better. In dry conditions, rim brakes (V) seem fine for the riding I do, unless they are cantilever. Never have much success getting great results out of them in spite of all the tinkering, but they are on a bike that I use a lot in the Summer.
After you posted this, was in the garage putting a bike away after riding. Knew I had some Schwalbe Marathon 700 tires laying around, but for some reason was convinced they were in the 30’s. So, glanced at them and lo and behold they are 28mm. Already have the front one on. Very happy. Have to thank you. Was looking forward to riding that bike when the streets allow, now even more so.
Impressive! Only other person I know who went out was doing it mostly to keep his consecutive days biked streak going.
Next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are all supposed to be in the 30’s
Luce Line is cool. I've taken it from my place in Uptown all the way out to Parker Lake, about 30 miles.
