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MTB randonneur
On Sun, 03 Jun 2018 20:06:31 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: How wide a tire do you need? I don't need especially wide tires. Just not 32 and preferably wider than 35. Shooting from the holster, I'd say my prefered tire size is 622-40, 622-42, or 622-47. Methinks they are the same as 28x1.50, 28x1.60, and 28x1.75. Looking at Schwalbe touring tires, they're available in those sizes in a variety of tread patterns. https://www.schwalbetires.com/bike_tires/road_tires Perhaps custom rims might be a solution. Something like this: http://www.spontaneousfire.com/trikeofdeath.htm For normal riding, you only install one tire on the extra wide rim. For heavy loads or touring, you install two tires. This arrangement might also provide useful redundancy in the event you get a flat tire. I think 3 side by side tires might be better than two. Soon, everyone will be riding on extra wide rims and multiple tires. But this is me just projecting the project based on my general experience and what I've read. I never did any randonneuring whatsoever on any bike! Neither have I, and it shows. However, I have done some touring and bicycle camping in the distant past. Prior to these adventures, I did read some books and magazine articles on touring. I then ignored most of the advice and did what I thought best, with predictable results. Incidentally, I also used my touring bicycle to do local service calls in my computer repair business. At the time, computers were still too big and heavy to be effectively transported on a bicycle. I also had to carry several filing boxes full of floppy disks and a mess of tools. Leaving anything on a parked bicycle was a security problem. I might try it again as the computers are much smaller today and all the software I need are now on about five USB flash drives. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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