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This is Sylvia the Space Horse. Velocity Quill wheels with tubeless MSOs and SON 28 wide body dynohub. Salsa Cowchipper bars, Gevenalle shifters, mountain bike drivetrain, Cirrus Bodyfloat post and Cambium carved…
I've been running a set of these tubeless on Velocity Quill rims, using Orange Seal Endurance. My experience has been very similar to what Dave describes above, getting only about 600 miles out of the rear tire before…
trippertim wrote: For someone from a completely different area, can anyone give some info on the terrain / gravel in the area? [...] in general are the backroads hilly or relatively flat?, is the gravel fine enough that…
My blog is called 'sconnyboy . It includes write-ups on Trans Iowa , Heck of the North , Almanzo , Ten Thousand , and a bunch of miscellaneous gravel , all-road , and winter rides.
I guess this makes me the odd man out with 38/29 x 11-28; Driftless area and Trance Iowa. I like to coast downhill and sit on the way back up the next one.
That wind was no joke. Hills too. Rain and lightning. Brutal. Props to the winners and all the finishers! Sunrise by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr
This will be my third. Didn't finish in the cold rain in 2011 , but did last year . Really great event. Beautiful, challenging course.
800+ gravel miles (Dairy Roubaix, Trans Iowa, Almanzo, GTDRI, and Heck) and 1000+ pavement miles on Clement MSO 40's last year. Zero flats. Zero.
Training for Tuscobia? Here's the Tuscobia! Tuscobia by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr (Northwoods Adventure Ride, AKA Cabin to Cabin to Cabin 2013 set on Flickr )
Guitar Ted Death Ride Invitational (Jackson County, IA, mostly.) Sunrise by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr Huge Hill by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr Jeremy on a B by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr Sunset by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr
Trans Iowa 2013: Trans Iowa by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr B Road by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr Long Shadows by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr
I'll show you mine if you show me yours... (links to Flickr sets) Heck of the North Why Ride Around Them? by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr Almanzo Bridge Out by Uncle Bicycle , on Flickr Trans Iowa Morning by Uncle Bicycle…
Surly Cross Check, lovable mutt of America's backroads: