Great questions, Jim. it would (perhaps, someday) be my go light/fast mountain bike. I imagine David is right, and it's a Salsa or Surly that makes sense down the road. At this point all dream, no reality.
With abandon, Patrick On Monday, March 31, 2014 7:54:50 PM UTC-6, Jim M. wrote: > > Here are 2 pics of my QB on the trail. One has 38mm knobs, and the other > has 40mm Marathons: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/20986098@N04/2041112320/ > https://www.flickr.com/photos/20986098@N04/5604642330/ > You can't fit much wider than that with knobbies. > > I'm curious what you think a QB would give you that your Hunq doesn't, > other than the chance to walk-a-bike more. I'm all for SS'ing, but if you > put any kind of load on it, you will spend a lot more time pushing uphill > than riding. Even without a load, it can feel a bit masochistic at times. > I'm not saying that pejoratively, it's just the reality of mountain single > speeding in my experience. Also, at heart the QB is a road bike. I like the > feel of a road bike on dirt, but it's not for everyone. And I have a rigid > 29er with disc brakes for really rigorous mountain rides. > > happy trails > jim m > wc ca > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
