Well, I'm only 140km into testing the hub, and its time to race on it. I'll be heading to Montreal tomorrow to race on ice.
I've fit the nastiest meanest tires possible under my Spicer, and have geared it to what I believe to be appropriate for churning such steel filled pneumatics. I've dropped the front ring down to a 40T, and will either be using my 15T cog or the Velosolo 16T, depending on ice/course conditions.
Here's a shot of the bike mostly set up:
My front tire is a new Schwalbe CX Comp filled with 348 #8 screws. The rear is a worn, and then siped Bontrager Jones CX with a mere 208 screws. I read an ice tire tutorial put together by the race organizers, and they recommend anywhere from 300-600 screws for a 700c tire. Wow. I'm doing it dumber apparently. I don't exactly know what I'll be running for tire pressure just yet.. I'm thinking it will be pretty low though.
I'm not too concerned with placing. I just want to go out, see some friends, eat poutine, have fun, put my bike through icey hell, and hopefully return home to the USA (wow, that's weird to think about) without too many wood screw lacerations.
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