Hahaha i’m right in wheaton! I ride my vintage 1969 Raleigh Super Course TT, that I restored myself, on the parrie path all the time. It gets it pretty dusty! Love your videos, keep them up!
Thanks for the video, always appreciated. Nice trail. From my collection, I think the Dawes Windrush would be best suited to it. Early 1960s frame with later components and painted in glorious battleship grey ... deserves better but then I'd worry about it.
This is all about five minutes from my house. I ride the PP all the time, what a great resource to have! In the summer my roadie friends and I bomb down Ferry early in the AM before the sun rises. Great collection!
Actually, maybe you could help me. I can use a good route that is not on the bike path for my road bike. At the same time. I don't want to get it by a car. Any suggestions?
My Trek 560 regularly finds itself on unpaved roads, recently including a river crossing owing to bad navigation, and apart from dirt on the frame the worst part would be my rear brake getting sticky and not returning fully....and yes 25 mm is plenty of tyre for the job
I do it all the time on the gravel trail with my 1984 Raleigh RS500 555SL It has new 27x 1 1/4” tires, it’s not as nice as riding the streets but u get used to it after awhile
Beautiful trail 👍👍. It’s like antique cars yes it damages a little but the joy is worth it. Sadly I wear my mountain bike shoes and cleats on my road bike 😂😂.
I have Looks on almost all the bikes I intend on riding. My Moots gravel bike has the crank brothers pedals and some hard sole touring type shoes I use almost everyday. Thanks for watching.
John I am north of you in WI and the 1st rail trail in the country (Elroy-Sparta) is here. When they were trying to figure out how to surface the trail for as little money as possible they stumbled on the idea of screenings from the processing of regular gravel. Since then there have been over 1700mi of rail trail built in WI using the same type of screening material they tried in the mid-60s for the Elroy-Sparta. I ride my 1985 Schwinn Le Tour Luxe on the trails here frequently with no concerns. With that said I should disclose that I also run aluminum fenders on the bike which probably helps keep crud away from the rest of the bike.
Great video to watch when I am trapped inside at work. The 23mm or 25mm Gatorskin tires work well on the hard pack trails. Time to invest in some mountain bike pedals and shoes if you plan on riding a lot on the trails. Fenders will help to protect the bike's paint from the grit and rocks.
Hey. I try to make this "comfort TV" Glad you enjoyed it. I have the Gatorskins! My daily on this trail is actually my Moots Route 45 gravel. You can see a video on it on the channel. Thanks so much for watching.
Hey John, Thank you for your content. Because of you and other bike RU-vidrs I have been getting out and putting together a roadbike again. It should be good to go in a couple of weeks. Maybe I'll send you some pictures. Oh, and let me know if you have any Shimano 9 speed downtube shifters. lol
That sort of trail surface is fairly common, I think. It might be largely clay... I know the local trail gets pretty soft when wet. The Fuji looks good! Love the Sugino crank and the SunTour derailleurs!
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage Fuji? I must have hallucinated that part?? The Schwinn looks good too. 🙂 Unrelated.. the various camera angles are a nice bit of novelty. Just don't get the camera caught in the spokes!
Enjoyable video but please ditch the awful background music. It was so loud your conversation was hard to hear. It was so pleasing when it stopped. Without the lift music it even made your singing sound good ! Ole Ole.
