After about 1200 miles of riding, my Gatorskins are ready to be retired. The rear tire is loosing some of its wall thread, and it is wearing down flat in the middle. Only one flat in 1200 mile is pretty good. I put on new tires, Vittoria Open Corsa EVO CX 23 mm. The gatorskins I had were 25 mm and very heavy. I had the Open Corsa's left over from the winter refit, so I decided to give them a whirl... They are supposidly the best clincher tire on the market for rolling resistance, and can take very high pressure for racing. I am going to run them at about 125 or so at first to see how they react. I like the gatorskins, but they were very hard, and did not offer a cushie ride even at 25mm. The Open Corsa are suppose to be comfy and roll smooth. We shall see tonight when I ride the CC group ride out of Glastonbury. The best thing about the open corsa's is that they have a white stripe down the middle of a black tire...NICE!
After our ride to RI and the rough roads, my rear wheel had gone out of true for only the second time. I first checked the tension on each spoke and tried to tighten them down evenly first. Then went through and trued and balanced the wheel. I am very particular about this, and it took about 1/2 hour or so. Now it spins evenly and true once again ready for another 1000 miles. For winter maintenance I will take the tension off every spoke and retighten to the same tension using a guage. Then true them to spec. Did not quite feel like going through that today, but maybe should have.
Took out some chilli and a black bean burger for lunch...Yummy!
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