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Well, the new tires work well. I rode up to River Bends Park and did two passes on the 5km hiking trail, along with some backtracking to hit the more difficult hills a couple of times. I specifically rode through the most gravely and difficult parts of each of the hills and took sandy corners very quickly and I had no problem maintaining control. The tires are rather difficult when riding on pavement, though.
Most of the path was quite dry, but some parts still had a good bit of standing water. Going through those, along with the sand, led to quite a bit of stuff being thrown up on both me and the bike. After removing my socks it almost appeared as if I had tan lines, but it was all dirt. Once in the shower it felt like I was exfoliating when first passing the bar of soap over my legs.
Here’s two more photos of my dirty bike:
· Muddy front derailleur and bottom bracket area.
· Muddy down tube, bottom bracket shell, cranks, water bottle, etc.
I would clean it off, but I’m hoping to get out to Stony Creek Metropark tomorrow and ride some of the trails there, and I expect it to be equally messy.