Even though here in Ottawa we have been too snowed in (and the roads salted) to take our Rhoades Car out, that is not the case in every part of Canada. As our correspondent in Lethbridge, Alberta, Gordon Koppang writes:
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Here are some pics from our latest Sunday Drive. Snow on the ground today, so it's a good thing we were out enjoying the nice day while we had it!!
The fat K-Rads (58mm wide - regular K-Rads are 54mm) worked well on the coulees. They did particularly well in the sand along the river and in the ice / slush that wasn't frozen hard enough to support the weight of me and the RC.
I'm used to the fat K-rads on the rear now. Keeping them at 55 PSI really helps, but the tread makes them howl like a truck tire on any smooth surface. My theory is, noise is vibration and vibration equals drag.
Speaking of tires.... I was at one of the local bike shops (three in Lethbridge) looking at tires, and the young fellow showed me a brand of tire I had not seen before. The tires are called "wethepeople" (we the people) and they make a 20 x 2.25 slick ("Animal") which I am tempted to try on the front. The tires are distributed out of Burnaby BC by an outfit called Ten Pack. I handled "the grippin" tire and it was stiffer than the K-rads, but not as stiff as that damn Duro "Fantasy" I tried.
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