Originally Posted by
freecycle
whats your local park?
http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=43...5,0.00721&z=17
Originally Posted by
elTwitcho
Nice. I have a hybrid that might work ok for that. I'm definately gonna try and make the trips out.
You totally should.. it's a great atmosphere/vibe. Just pick up a set of CX tires. The Schwalbe Racing Ralphs are supposed to be great (I have a set but haven't mounted them yet), and I had a great time on the Michelin Mud2's last year in all conditions.
Originally Posted by
Flimflam
Define 'sessions'...
Just doing some laps around the park with some hill climbs/runups, and some dismount/remount practice. I'll probably just find a log or something to use as a makeshift 'barrier'.
Originally Posted by
elTwitcho
Appreciate the offer man thanks. It's also gonna be my winter bike so I think around that time I'm gonna be looking at a pair of knobbies anyway. That bike has got 25mm tires on right now so that's not gonna work for snow, cx or anything other than pavement really.
I ran 23c slicks all last Winter with no probs. Narrow tires are great in the snow... I found my mtb was a total handful in the snow since the tires tended to just float on top of the snow rather than cutting through to the pavement below.
Analogy to auto-racing... the tires they use in the Swedish Rally look totally ******** they're so narrow, but it's the same idea of cutting through vs. floating on top:
