Did a test run on the Michelin Mountain A/T‘s yesterday after I got home. I can notice a difference between them and the XCR A/T‘s. They feel more cushy and have better off-camber and cornering traction. There’s a little more knob flex - even though the knobs have a larger footprint, they are also taller. The knob flex is noticable on hardpacked surfaces or pavement, but not on softer, looser surfaces. I ran them across asphalt, concrete, short lawn, tall grass, packed gravel, loose dirt and packed dirt. Continue reading ‘Tire test’
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Just installed some Michelin Mountain A/T 26 x 2.2 tires on the XC bike. They’re essentially the same tread pattern as the XCR A/T 26 x 2.0 tires that were on there before, but are wider. According to specs, these are supposedly 640g each, up from the 560g each for the XCR A/T‘s. Both models are folding, have the grey silica dual-compound treads, and 127 tpi casings.  The XCR A/T‘s are great tires, but they are narrow. They are labeled as “2.0”, but set up more like “1.8”. Likewise, these Mountain A/T‘s are narrow for their labeled 2.2 size, measuring out at 50mm on Mavic XC 717 disc rims (should have measured the actual size of the XCR A/T‘s before I took them off). It’s an excellent tread pattern – it would be great to have them in “2.4”…
Went to IHOP at Windward Mall for dinner on Friday. Ordered the Supreme Ham and 3 Cheese Omlette. It was enormous – 20cm x 10cm x 7cm, maybe a kilogram. Just how many eggs went into it I do not know. It was very good, but massive. By the time I got to the 3 pancakes it came with, I was starting to do the Kobayashi Takeru thing with my water. It took effort to finish everything.
Went to the McBike bike department bonus dinner last night at the Shogun Restaurant at the Pacific Beach Hotel. Buffet style. Main line was quite pedestrain, with the exception for the presence of goya champuru and shoyu pork. The champuru was looking a little grey, so it didn’t make it onto my plate. The little pitchers that held the soba tsuyu were empty, so my soba sucked even more. There was crab… the smooth one… is that Snow crab? Not the pokey Alaska King crab… Sushi selection was fairly good and quality was not unacceptable. Didn’t try the prime rib or tempura. Continue reading ‘What the hell is this cr@p?’
Jarrel brought in a set of Shimano PD-M970’s XTR pedals for me two weeks ago. Put them on last week. Tested them out on “That ride“. They are pretty. They work great. They’re the same as the PD-M959’s that they replace, except for the color, the label, and about 20-grams. Mud will be no problem with these, like their predecessors. The 959’s will move over to the cyclocross bike, and I’ll finally ditch the first generation SPD’s that are on there now.
About $160
10 out of 10