| Re: Surly LHT bike - dual use as full on tourer and as cyclocross?
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In article <1_Sjh.1415$2K1.783@newsfe18.lga>, Jack Murphy <j@x.com> wrote:
>Good info
>
>Right, the primary use of this would be as a full on tourer, carrying
>camping gear deep into the mountains (at least that's the dream, we'll see
>when I can make that a reality). But it will get several full gear long
>weekend tours through the year. The LHT seems to be the right bike for me in
>that regard, if I can spec it out within budget. I'll have it for 25 years,
>judging by my other bikes, so I want some long term quality.
>
>I just want to get an idea of how to re-purpose it for regular rough road
>riding, commuting in winter, etc when I'm not touring.
I'd make sure your budget has room for two sets of wheels, makes
switching between mostly dirt to mostly road a lot quicker and
easier.
>
>I haven't dealt with cross tires any - I 've seen them as a bit knobby but
>nothing like mtn bike tires. How do these work as a commuter tire, for
>example - do they roll on pavement decent or is it more like mtn bike tires
>buzzing along giving me a great workout (as opposed to a nice ride...) on
>pavement?
Cross tires stink on the pavement. It should be relatively
straightforward to swap wheels around though. The only "cross"
tire that is okay on pavement is the Avocet Cross II with it's
inverted tread, however it isn't that great off road. It's fine
for hard dirt roads, but suffers a lot when the terrain gets
really soft. If you stick to dry fire roads it's a great all
round tire. Most MTB and cross tire treads are massive overkill
unless your wheels are sinking deep enough into the surface to
enage the entire tread. It's like 4wd, 99% of the time you don't
need it, but when you do need it you really need it.
_ Booker C. Bense
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