Originally Posted by
jimincalif
BWR? I think I'd spring for a new tire, unless you are secretly hoping it fails and gives you an excuse to avoid all that pain!
Good luck either way!
I had thought about using it as excuse but that would really suck and be paranoid on decents. I didn't train enough this yr for anything, I only been doing lunch rides than the one long ride a month. So I'm winging this event too. Hope I don't cramp too much. Should be fun either way, weather should be mid 70s here.
I got some amazon prime Panaracer Gravelkings, fine threaded 32c tires coming in. Should be less drag than the 38c hutchinson overides that got a nice hole in them. The dirt is tamer this yr so slicks is fine. i rode my pinarello w/ GK 26c tires on part of the BWR course.
talk about waiting til the last minute. Tires will be here tomorrow. I should have enough spare tubes in that size. test ride Saturday, race/survive on Sunday. 135miles/ 12k vert, 46miles on dirt, 70 miles on head wind coming back from Mts, hand full of F bombs