Off road 700c x 23's?

[Bill the Cat]

Crazy question I guess. Today I went for a ride I downloaded off
Bikely.com.

The ride took me from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast via Old Gympie Road.
Unfortunately I did not notice that this road was mainly off road (more like
a goat track). I did not get a puncture although I wondered if there was a
Roubaix type tyre designed to be light but tough enough for a bit of off
road - or are all tyres with the Kevlar in them in this category?

I can thoroughly recommend the ride (there's lots to download). Also, it
was the first time I got to try out my GPS as a navigation tool instead of
just being a very expensive cycle computer (I've only had it since Dec
2006). Whilst I hate this particular company's after service/warranty (what
after service/warranty?), I was very impressed that I was able to download
the route and ride without having to refer to a map as such - rather I had a
distinct track to follow on he screen and if I deviated even just a few
metres, it was obvious straight away that I had taken the wrong turn so not
much lost energy backtracking.

Hopefully you all had a decent weekend whether you were off or on the bike!

BtC

 

[[email protected]]

Hi BtC
Which Bikely route did you take?
Cheers,
D.S.

 

[Jules]

Sounds cool.. What GPS do you have?

Oh and re: tyres.. I'm not sure ;-)



Bill the Cat wrote:
> Crazy question I guess. Today I went for a ride I downloaded off
> Bikely.com.
>
> The ride took me from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast via Old Gympie Road.
> Unfortunately I did not notice that this road was mainly off road (more like
> a goat track). I did not get a puncture although I wondered if there was a
> Roubaix type tyre designed to be light but tough enough for a bit of off
> road - or are all tyres with the Kevlar in them in this category?
>
> I can thoroughly recommend the ride (there's lots to download). Also, it
> was the first time I got to try out my GPS as a navigation tool instead of
> just being a very expensive cycle computer (I've only had it since Dec
> 2006). Whilst I hate this particular company's after service/warranty (what
> after service/warranty?), I was very impressed that I was able to download
> the route and ride without having to refer to a map as such - rather I had a
> distinct track to follow on he screen and if I deviated even just a few
> metres, it was obvious straight away that I had taken the wrong turn so not
> much lost energy backtracking.
>
> Hopefully you all had a decent weekend whether you were off or on the bike!
>
> BtC
>
>

 

[Bleve]

On Apr 20, 11:25 pm, "Bill the Cat" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Crazy question I guess. Today I went for a ride I downloaded off
> Bikely.com.
>
> The ride took me from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast via Old Gympie Road.
> Unfortunately I did not notice that this road was mainly off road (more like
> a goat track). I did not get a puncture although I wondered if there was a
> Roubaix type tyre designed to be light but tough enough for a bit of off
> road - or are all tyres with the Kevlar in them in this category?

Vittoria make some randoneur tyres that might be suitable, talk to
your local LBS about them. also some cyclocross tyres may suit.
Again, talk to your local LBS about what's available.

 

[PeteSig]

"Bill the Cat" wrote:

> Crazy question I guess. Today I went for a ride I downloaded off
> Bikely.com.
>
> The ride took me from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast via Old Gympie Road.
> Unfortunately I did not notice that this road was mainly off road (more
> like a goat track). I did not get a puncture although I wondered if there
> was a Roubaix type tyre designed to be light but tough enough for a bit of
> off road - or are all tyres with the Kevlar in them in this category?

Not available in 23mm, but this Vittoria Randonneur Cross is a very good
tyre for rough gravle roads, and worse: http://www.rei.com/product/709112

I've taken it along 4WD fire trails in the Kosciuszko NP with few problems
(this was the 40mm size though)

--
Cheers
Peter

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[Bill the Cat]

It's strange - I cannot find it now, but where the D'Aguillar Hwy and
Beerburrm rds intersect just the north side of Caboolture, there is the
beginning of the Old Gympie Rd which is the 3rd road making up that
intersection.

In the map link below, you will see that the author of that route has chosen
to go down Beerburrum Rd instead of Old Gympie.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Brisbane-Northside-to-Coolum

Happy Trails.
BtC


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi BtC
> Which Bikely route did you take?
> Cheers,
> D.S.

 

[TimC]

On 2008-04-22, Bill the Cat (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> I hesitate to name them as I do not think they have a truly good product.
> They are the only ones who really make anything like this, but I suspect
> that if they had competition, they would go belly up. The fight to get them
> to honour a warranty was incredible - at first instance I could not get
> anyone (either the vendor or the company to acknowledge that repair was
> necessary). I don't actually blame the vendor - they did not make the damn
> thing. The manufacturer asked me to give them credit card details (for
> $25US to cover postage from their end) and mail them off to Taiwan. Garmin
> Australia isn't it turns out and htey will not have anything to do with it
> either - apprently they only sell them, fixing them is someone else's
> department.

Australian Trade Practices law probably begs to differ on those
matters. It Is Their Responsibility[TM].

--
TimC
Chuck Norris stops his fixie by putting his beard on the front tire.
....and he'd kill you with his bare hands for mentioning yourself in the
same sentence. -- Donga in aus.bicycle

 

[Adrian]

"Bill the Cat" <[email protected]> writes:

> "Jules" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:Z_mdnT-XVr9tU5bVnZ2dnUVZ_hjinZ2d@internode...
>> Sounds cool.. What GPS do you have?
>>
>> Oh and re: tyres.. I'm not sure ;-)
>>
>
> Jules,
>
> I hesitate to name them as I do not think they have a truly good product.

...snip...

> I have a Garmin Edge 305. It has been constructed so cheaply that it
> is unlikely to last much longer than a year. On some forums I have
> read, some people have had to use a rubber band to hold it together.
> They have made the claim that it can be submerged in water for however
> many hours without ill effects, although they were forced to point out
> later that meant it was submerged in still water and they don't
> recommend using it for Triathlons and the like.
>
....snip...

Ah, another Edge 305 owner with a collapsible GPS :-(


> Buyer beware - read the motion based forums and get a feel for just how much
> they are distancing themselves from the poor performace of the product.
> Apparently there are only a few discontents like myself, but I know there
> have to be many like me who just could not get assistance after they made
> the sale.

I'm one of them. I'm on my second Edge 305, I *should* be on my third
but due to some shifty sleight of hand the twelve month warranty on the
purchased unit turns into a three month warranty on the replacement one.

First one died after 10 months

Second one started dying after a further 10 months.

Repairs and warranty are via a company called "GME Australia"

GME Australia claim to be "just a repair place" and to contact Garmin
Australia to discuss warranty and device faults, claims "the units are
unreliable."

There is no such entity as Garmin Australia.

Garmin international point you back to GME Australia.

...snip..

Adrian