Friends of Pocahontas & CapAle House form Fundraiser!

Hello Pocahantas State Park Loves,

I'd like to share with you an exciting opportunity that we've been able to take advantage of in partnership with Capital Ale House.

During the month of March, anytime you attend CapAle House on a Thursday, CAH will donate 25% of food sales to FoPSP.

You must present a copy of the listed Pdf flyer for this to work, so please download and print it out!

So to recap:

Every Capital Ale House, every Thursday, all March.
This is a delicious way to help raise funds for FoPSP in order to support Pocahontas State Park. Hopefully, donations raised will offset the costs that will be incurred by our weekend volunteer events in April.

So please print this attachment, make copies, and share with your friends and family (please do not distribute at the door at CAH locations).
Let's get the word out! And while you're there, please "raise a glass" to the folks at Capital Ale House for their generosity with this program.

Forums Thread:
Flyer PDF:

Road Tire / Rim combinations explained

Rims and tires come in all sizes, including varying height and width. While sizes can be easily explained, often the question arises over the confusion between Tubular and Clincher rim / tire combinations.

Here is some general information about the characteristics of both Tubular and clincher variations.

TUBULAR TIRES:
Pros:
Tubular tires are a tube and tire all-in-one, held to the rim using glue.
Tubular tires are used by majority of competitive cyclists for various reasons listed below:
~ lowest rolling resistance
~ lighter than a clincher set up
(Both tubular rims and tires when compared to their clincher counterparts offer a significant weight savings)
~ Use higher tire PSI
~ Safety & stability: While not the best idea, tubular systems are fairly easy to ride on when a flat occurs

Cons:
~ Changing a flat means needing a new tire and time for glue to cure
~ More expensive to maintain due to inability to simply replace or patch a tube when a flat occurs.

CLINCHER TIRES:
Pros:
~ Ease of use for every day riding: Patching or repairing flats can be done road side
~ Tubes and tires are separate, so they can be replaced independent from each other
~ Many tire and tube choices available, all shops should have some tire in stock to fit your clincher rim
Cons:
~ Combination use of inner tube, rim liner, & tire causes heavier weight
~ Clincher rims have more metal used to hold the tire to the rim, adding more weight
~ Materials used in clincher tires can cause higher rolling resistance

2 New Road Alternatives: (TuFo and Tubeless)
TUFO TUBULAR TIRES FOR CLINCHER RIMS:
Fairy new technology, as the name suggests it's allowing for tubular tires to be mounted on clincher rims.
Pros:
~ low rolling resistance, rim liner or glue, offering swift tire changes and less weight
~ the easiest and fastest installation from all types of tires, no tools required
~ immediate use after installation
~ riding quality is close to tubular tires

Cons:
~ Cost
~ Very specialized, so not readily available

Tubeless:
Similar to a car tire, you only need to mount the tire and inflate it without a need for glue or tubes.
Pros:
~ Light weight
~ Ability to run a large range of tire pressures without the worry of flatting
~ More available then TUFO

Cons:
~ Can be hard to inflate on road repair
~ Up to 30% more expensive over standard tires
~ Sometimes needs an additional sealant

Snow Snow Snow...

For weeks on end Central Va has been under siege from constant accumulations of snow which has brought almost all cycling to a halt!

Head to the forums and tell us how have you been getting by without the ability to hit you favorite trail or road route?