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Message started by evblazer on May 30^th, 2009, 8:54pm

Title: Vittoria Rando tank tire long test ride
Post by evblazer on May 30^th, 2009, 8:54pm

I found my little commute and the short social club rides just didn't give me an appreciation of what tanks my new tires are. Good and bad really. I feel like I can roll through anything and I also feel like I'm pulling a tank up hill :o

This really hit me on the tail end of the River Roll 200k I did friday where I had at least 10 bonus miles between missed turns, assumed turns based on the outgoing route that ended up wrong and hunting for a dropped phone where I walked a good mile with the bike backwards down the shoulder. Oh and twice I chased down roadies and blew past turns without even realizing it, oops.

It was a real treat seeing an actually bike trail that seemed to go somewhere. Actually besides white rock lake I had never seen a MUP/Trail at all so Trinity Trail with many places where there was a bike path with striping and a separate crushed gravel walking/jogging path was a real treat. One thing I noticed at some points was I was just going slow on the outbound leg because there was nothing around to set a pace from.

Before I head out.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SiG6feKrj3I/AAAAAAAAAdo/OQAN21VJ94Y/s288/StartingOutRiverRoll.jpg
First hitting the trail.. the long empty trail
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SiG6fmppUiI/AAAAAAAAAds/650Q3uPpDEM/s288/RiverRollTrail.jpg
Flowers along the trail
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SiG6fwNJFSI/AAAAAAAAAd0/VPaNeiVV4rg/s288/RiverRollFlowers.jpg
Flowers in the park
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SiG6gahCFTI/AAAAAAAAAd4/Ql9vDCxZmAI/s288/RiverRollFlowers2.jpg
A nice cactus in the park
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SiG6g22i0uI/AAAAAAAAAd8/W0HX_XTBZXU/s288/RiverRollCactus.jpg
A nice glass A&W at the bait shop
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SiG6h2k9LcI/AAAAAAAAAeE/s0R9mk0bkfU/s288/RiverRollAW.jpg
almost time to head out again for another few hours before visiting the store again
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SiG6iO-9LYI/AAAAAAAAAeI/tPYq-N1Geug/s288/RiverRollAW2.jpg

Traffic wasn't bad at all on the roads I hit. Perhaps it was because I was out on friday. I really like the ride much better then say oh ITALY but I could be biased and I could just have really liked all those big bike paths! The only one around here that is any good is a couple hundred feet to cut between two neighborhoods but that is all I got.

It took me exactly 12 hours and I did walk the final hill. Perhaps the A&W did me in or something bad I ate before then but I couldn't drink or eat anything much after I got out of the parks the first time.
The tires and suspension got alot of workout. I did ride on the rough gravel strewn shoulder quite a bit and even rode about half a mile on grass path between two sidewalks till I realized I wasn't actually supposed to go up that hill I came down in the beginning and instead go down to the service road. Oh well bonus climbing is good for you right!

Title: Re: Vittoria Rando tank tire long test ride
Post by evblazer on Jun 5^th, 2009, 9:32pm

Hm perhaps that perm was harder then I thought. Plus I was pretty dehydrated at the end I think weighed about 10 lbs less when I got home then when I left. Just uploaded my GPS data which had a few miles frozen where I had to merge the files but it shows a bit of climbing? Sometimes I wonder if my GPS is accurate at all.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8382716#
Total Time (h:m:s) 12:11:51
Moving Time (h:m:s) 10:04:05
Distance (mi ) 131.03
Moving Speed (mph) 13.0 avg
Elevation Gain (ft) +5,505 / -5,652
Would have been nice if it didn't freeze for what looks like 26 minutes (I actually went a few miles off course when it froze because I was chasing folks) and I didn't make all the wrong turns so I'd have a good gps account of it all if I go ride it again.. Yup again [smiley=chinscratch.gif]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_GIFgiCQnK-8/SinUPETRsQI/AAAAAAAAAfg/_JyTxNYq2-Q/s800/ElevationRiver.jpg