Ron and Dorothy Strasser
I agree with Tim. Support it as it is a great way to do some racing on your
road bike on something other than pavement. Cyclocross bike is a huge
disadvantage unless you are uber strong to make up for the slower bike. It
is NOT cyclocross but as stated in the promo... more of a true Kermesse.
Ride fast and take lots of chances.
rpon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Schauer"
To: "Jacob" ;
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Kermesse Tires
> My input is.....Road tires. Not cyclocross tires. The extended road
> portions of this race venue will put lower pressure ccx tires at a
> disadvantage. Most of the courses Jeff Mitchem ran in January were lots
> good pavement and not a small part on the PIR track itself. The "off road"
> portions were mostly old asphalt or very hard packed gravel with very very
> little dirt/grass sections that could get muddy enough to warrant the
> advantage of ccx tire traction. I ran high volume road tires. 700x25c. I
> especially like the specialized Roubaix series tires which have a 25c
> casing with a 23c tread width. I ran the Sworks open tubular version
> without a flat for all three weeks. I'm very close to 200 lbs and I ran
> them about 100-105 psi. My carbon road bike held up nicely as well. The
> top end gearing of a road bike will be helpful (not totally essential
> maybe, but helpful), over a lower geared cross bike.
>
>
> Also, this is a great series. This kind of off road racing on road bikes
> is a blast. If you haven't tried it, Please support it by coming out to
> race, so we encourage more of these races in the future!
>
> -Tim Schauer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of Jacob
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:39 AM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Kermesse Tires
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation on tire selection for the upcoming
> Kermesse races in September? Is a road bike with certain tires a good
> choice, or more of a cyclocross set up?
>
> Thanks.
> -Jacob
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