A Winter's Outing
Went for a few hours' ride today - the first full test of the 'new' tyres; they are actually 16-year-old 'Dual Sport' (i.e., wide as a mountain tire!) Chen Shins which came with the bicycle. They did a real swell job, once I let some air out to run them at ~45 psi, handling the snow, road, gravel and even some ice without slipping. . My GT has lots of extra room for an even wider tire, despite already having on 42mm ones. The steep hill down to the buffs is salted and in use by dump trucks I headed down to Guild Inn to access the bluffs' lakeside trail, and enjoyed a pleasant photographing and sight-seeing session. The bluffs change so much from their summer appearance! The bluffs look even more awesome in person. Sadly, they are predicted to gradually turn into steep hills, some as soon as 15 years from now. Even in the winter, dump-trucks laden with dry-fill keep on tipping their loads to complete this soon-t