| Re: Potential good news for Mt. Washington access.
Matt O'Toole wrote:
>
> Mountain bikers ride fire roads like that all the time.
The
> mountains of the western US are riddled with them -- 4000'
climbs at
> over 10%, sometimes over 15%. Rims get hot, but not
enough to blow
> tires. So I don't see what the big deal is. There are a
bunch of
> roads around here with sustained grades like that, but
nothing that
> long -- 2-3 miles at most.
>
A couple of questions:
1. Wouldn't mountain bike tires take more heat, just because
of their greater mass and volume?
2. On a mountain bike on a fire road, wouldn't one still be
going more slowly than on a road bike on a paved road?
Both would seem to contribute to a mountain bike tire being
less likely to blow off the rim.
However, I will defer to the mechanical engineers among the
group.
--
Mike Kruger
Too many people spend money they haven't earned
to buy things they don't want
to impress people they don't like. -Will Rogers
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