| Re: Slicks OK on the touring bike - If so, what kind?
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:49:01 -0500, PCB <name+number@A-ho-L.com>
wrote:
>I have a Trek 520 that occasionally rolls on gravel roads
>(slowly/carefully) and Iąd like to change out the 700x32c Conti Top
>Touring 2000 tires for some road slicks. Would the slicks suck on
>these roads?
More on this: My weight, 210 pounds. 20mm front slick at 110 psi,
23mm rear slick at 145 psi.
Today's ride:
Gravel roads were _fine_ today, did a few miles of them. I wish I
had bug spray, as a swarm of some sort of bug wouldn't leave me
alone until I exceeded 10mph -- difficult going uphill while tired.
Downhill was easier. Rough portions required sub-20mph speeds, and
rattled the cap off my shifter.
Rode some five or more miles of unpaved bike-path, too. Where it was
graded and ready for paving, not bad, but when it became completely
off-road, I struggled and ended up walking a few miles. What
appeared to be a 1/4 mile stretch of Whoop-Di-Doos (6 foot long, 2
foot high hills/depressions) turned out to be over a mile followed
by soft, gnarly, rough terrain. Lots of worrying about my wheels,
and often wheels washed out.
I'll go back with my mountain bike, with 1.9" semi-slicks mounted.
--
Rick Onanian
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