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04-10-18, 09:38 AM
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04-10-18, 11:20 AM
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still doing some testing, today's lunch ride TT, 50psi in both tires, goal was to ave 20mph similar to the aero road bike I used last Monday. 159bpm on the fat tires vs 143bpm on aero bike 25c tires last monday.
While I'm happy I can maintain the same overall result in speed. The effort to do was pretty different. Hard to break 23mph with these tires today, 21mph was good hard tempo for me.
They roll fast almost like road tire like, I didn't get to test handling though since it's a straight road for the most part. I'll try 55psi in the rear tomorrow to see if effort to maintain tempo speed will be different then 166bpm needed today.
I have a 140ish mile ride coming up on Sunday, 50ish of which will be on the dirt, mostly loose over hard pack with few sand and rocky sections. I've been running 28c tires for it in the past yrs but want to try something different, I hope the 38s will let me be fresher towards the end of the ride, usually take me about 10hours pedal time to finish
more last minute testing to do this week, while trying to taper for sunday's efforts
While I'm happy I can maintain the same overall result in speed. The effort to do was pretty different. Hard to break 23mph with these tires today, 21mph was good hard tempo for me.
They roll fast almost like road tire like, I didn't get to test handling though since it's a straight road for the most part. I'll try 55psi in the rear tomorrow to see if effort to maintain tempo speed will be different then 166bpm needed today.
I have a 140ish mile ride coming up on Sunday, 50ish of which will be on the dirt, mostly loose over hard pack with few sand and rocky sections. I've been running 28c tires for it in the past yrs but want to try something different, I hope the 38s will let me be fresher towards the end of the ride, usually take me about 10hours pedal time to finish
more last minute testing to do this week, while trying to taper for sunday's efforts
04-10-18, 04:39 PM
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My water bottle was frozen, but at least the single track was hard (until the sun got higher).
04-10-18, 05:32 PM
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First ride of spring proper...yes...those are 42mm tires and 65mm fenders. Let's just say they've been needed for our weather of late for commuting
04-10-18, 10:57 PM
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today's lunch ride
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04-15-18, 10:27 AM
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fun little gravel/dirt section between road sections between more gravel/dirt sections...
IMG_2280 by justin tunis, on Flickr
IMG_2280 by justin tunis, on Flickr
04-15-18, 01:48 PM
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i have that golden saddle cyclery stealie sticker in the same place on all my bikes.
04-21-18, 05:19 PM
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04-21-18, 09:44 PM
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Ya'll come down! 
This was actually a really nice change of pace.
North of Atlanta is very hilly and even mountainous but this was south of Atlanta in the stomping grounds of @BluesDawg. The roads are gently rolling, lots of cattle pasture, alfalfa fields and pine forest, extremely beautiful and it was nice to not have to climb huge mountains for a change.
60 miles total. About 12 of that was paved. Polar says my average was 14.8 MPH. I'm pretty happy with that and it was an great day. The Niner is so sweet.
Low 70°s, perfectly clear skies and I even got some sunburn!
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This was actually a really nice change of pace.
North of Atlanta is very hilly and even mountainous but this was south of Atlanta in the stomping grounds of @BluesDawg. The roads are gently rolling, lots of cattle pasture, alfalfa fields and pine forest, extremely beautiful and it was nice to not have to climb huge mountains for a change.
60 miles total. About 12 of that was paved. Polar says my average was 14.8 MPH. I'm pretty happy with that and it was an great day. The Niner is so sweet.
Low 70°s, perfectly clear skies and I even got some sunburn!
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04-22-18, 09:47 PM
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from the BWR
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04-23-18, 02:00 PM
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This spring I got a second hand bike which is labelled as CX. So I did test it on some dirt roads. It's fun and the lack of pavement gives you the feeling of stronger touch with nature. 
04-23-18, 10:04 PM
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04-24-18, 11:02 AM
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04-24-18, 12:08 PM
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Thanks.
I just looked it up. Gorgeous countryside and I hope you post many more photographs.
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I just looked it up. Gorgeous countryside and I hope you post many more photographs.
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04-24-18, 12:37 PM
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05-01-18, 06:58 PM
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I rode some gravel on my new bike! Right from my house.
05-05-18, 12:50 PM
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Got me some Big-Un's on my ride today. They was mighty fine. Y'all come down.
Scenery weren't too bad either. On the way to some gravel...
This is Blue Car Body Rd. I've always wanted to ride it just because of the name. It turned out to be real pretty.
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Scenery weren't too bad either. On the way to some gravel...
This is Blue Car Body Rd. I've always wanted to ride it just because of the name. It turned out to be real pretty.
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05-05-18, 05:17 PM
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Came across a nice bit of timber. Would make a great bench. A bit too heavy for a rack though.