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- From: mcobb@scott.skidmore.edu (mary cobb)
- Subject: Tires, tires, tires...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.150537.14428@scott.skidmore.edu>
- Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:05:37 GMT
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- I like riding fast, but I have a problem with tires. I have a Univega
- Range Rover-10, with the back wheel replaced with a Specialized mountain
- tire and the original front road/off-road Generic still on (which I plan
- on replacing in the near future).
-
- I have a paper route and use my bike every morning, and require 'grippy'
- tires for traction when cutting across lawns & riding in snow. But in the
- summertime I like to ride my bike to school and want to get there as fast as
- possible. With my current setup, I have maxed out at 38 mph according to my
- little Cateye, and that's downhill. I changed and re-packed the bearings, but
- that didn't have much of an effect other than ease my mind that the bearings
- were in good condition. I really don't want to change tires when I get home
- to go to school. (Yes, I'm still in high school, I don't commute to college
- or anything like that).
-
- What would you suggest? Getting a whole different set of rims and just
- popping new rims (with road tires) on when I plan on going out for a road
- ride? (Would that get expensive with having to buy another gear cluster
- and everything for the other set?) Thanks for any responses in advance.
-
- Eric
-