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My weight typically drops from 180 to 160 over the first month of a
long tour. My loaded bike weight, with me on it, is around 250 pounds
depending on the amount of food and water I'm carrying. That can be
i tried reaching your resume site. please sent it to me.
Allan D. Desmond
702.363.3368
here here, modern 32's work extremely when paired with everything you sai
d. my 36 front PW with sun r-18 rims and 40 rear PW with same has been Mil
spec overkill..but like you- i'm talking both heavy loads and many miles o
Mark: what do you weigh, and what loads do you carry?
Me, 170 and prolly not more than 40 lb, shared out front and rear.
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Mark Boyd <markjboyd@gmail.com> wrote:
I've done loaded touring for tens of thousands of miles - over 50000 -
since I last had a broken spoke. I no longer carry spokes, other than
a kevlar one ;-} because they 'never' break. I think that is partly a

Re: best saddle for women

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posted by PATRICK MOORE on Sep 2 2010 12:12P to Touring

Interesting; my next door neighbor, a new commuting rider, was telling
me yesterday that her hands hurt badly after 15 minutes -- aluminum
Trek with drops about saddle height. I noticed that her saddle was
For my 622 touting wheels I built 2 sets of 40/48.
as I used Freewheel hubs , Phil wood, Now Bullseye,
the adding spare spokes in the wheel proved out.

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posted by biff frederikson on Sep 2 2010 12:04P to Touring

I dont think there is any one brand or style of seat that fits everyone - w
e all have different shaped bottoms and ride different types of bikes. I h
ave had several excellent seats, and several horrible ones.
Hi,
I'm building a wheel with an iMotion9 hub and Sun Rhynolite rim. Because the
flanges are so large, the spokes enter the rim at a fairly sharp angle with

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posted by PATRICK MOORE on Sep 2 2010 11:53A to Touring

Or, alternatively, back.
Patrick "seriously! -- see Peter Jon White!" Moore
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posted by bp on Sep 2 2010 11:47A to Touring

No. I chose the 48. Co-Motion builds the wheels to order. I think =
they
are still using the Velocity Dyad rims. I think those came in 32 to 48 =

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posted by Mark Boyd on Sep 2 2010 11:24A to Touring

I've let my 700x37 touring tires, both front and rear, get down into
to 35 psi range many times without having any pinch flats. My loaded
bike and rider weight is around 250-260 pounds. I pump the tires up

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posted by Troll on Sep 2 2010 11:19A to Touring

Am I nuts? Uh, yeah but that=92s for another topic. LOL I think, and mos=
t =
will agree, the wheel builder has more influence on wheel reliability than =
Update;
Received 2 shiny new 700c x 37 Conti Touring PLUS tires by UPS today.
Will be shipping both old tires back to Conti for analysis tomorrow.

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posted by Wayne Estes on Sep 2 2010 11:15A to Touring

I use 40mm wide tires when touring because I want to be able to ride up
steep grades on loose gravel. Riding up (or down) a steep grade on
loose gravel requires much lower tire pressure than I use on paved

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posted by Jeff Caldwell on Sep 2 2010 11:11A to Touring

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Paul Kern <effeight@earthlink.net> wrote:
fitting. I have a couple of new saddles to try, that would be a great time
to experiement with forward/backward placement. Thanks.
Perhaps what I am experiencing is inherent in the material used in steers a
nd stems (forged aluminum or cro-mo)
The Dimension adjustable stem I am using replaces my original, pinch clam

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posted by PATRICK MOORE on Sep 2 2010 10:40A to Touring

Thanks for all the comment. It is reassuring overall, despite the
conflicting advice -- 40 versus 32 etc. I expect, being quite light on
wheels (I personally am 170) that I can get by with 32 spoke wheels

WTB: PD-M737 Pedals.

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posted by . dkoloko on Sep 2 2010 10:12A to Touring

Very good condition. Photo appreciated.
Demetri
--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---

Nice bicycle video and song

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posted by Stone, Howard on Sep 2 2010 09:38A to Touring

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_dOBAB2xTg. It's a joyful bicycle
parade in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario.
Howard

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posted by Spokey on Sep 2 2010 09:35A to Touring

40 spokes? Are you nuts?<g>
I'll admit that I run 40 to save weight. On my front wheel. But on the
rear where my rear is concerned it's 48 4X lacing.
Reinhart,
Fixed non adjustable stems often creak (tick) too though not as often.
Sometimes loosening the adjustable mechanism and dropping oil (and
I ordered a lot of my parts on the internet purely for convenience and
research in my underpants in the middle of the night - However, my views
of now that I'm on the road long term that if there wasn't a LBS around

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posted by Paul Kern on Sep 2 2010 07:44A to Touring

Maybe you need to move your saddle forward?
Paul
At 6:54 PM -0400 9/1/10, Jeff Caldwell wrote:

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posted by Troll on Sep 2 2010 07:40A to Touring

Hey Patrick
How are ya? The thing that jumps off my screen is "32 spokes." Of course
this comes from a guy that rides 26 inch/2.25 XRs/40 spokes! Given a
 
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