Knobbies on the 29′er

The single speed frame is still being painted. It feels like it’s already been forever but it’s only been two weeks. Another two and I’ll hopefully have it back and built up. Fingers crossed.

The flip side is that I’ve been riding my Gary Fisher Cobia a whole bunch more. Although mainly as a commuter with road bike tyres on it. The skinny tyres convert it into a heavy, flat bar’ed road bike with suspension on the front end. Handy when you need to cover a bit of distance.

All that changed last night when I whacked the bontrager mountain bike tyres back on and pumped them up to a whopping 20psi. Compared to the ride I did earlier in the week, this morning’s ride was cruise’y. Like, really cruise’y. I covered not even half the distance, with an average time that was well under that of Monday’s ride. But these two facts are both okay cause it was hellishly fun to go looking for kerbs and potholes to ride over. Seems I’d forgotten just how easily a 29′er rolls over bumps.

Looking forward to keeping the knobbies on and hitting some dirt in the next week or so.

Tags: 29er, bicycle, bike, cobia, fisher, road tyres, single speed

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