I agree with Bill. Heck, on firm dirt and gravel with good tires, 28 mm does wonderfully well, as I can attest with my Compass Elk Passes, which are meant to be 32 mm wide but in fact measure, on my narrower and wider rims, respectively 27 and 29. 32 mm would be practically fat bike velvet. In fact, I'd say that Riv should make the Roadeo even more roadie-like by lightening the tubing.
Can the Hill take 45s and fenders, or 50s without? If not, make it so! Make the smaller models with 650B wheels. On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Bill M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, can't agree. The Roadeo is set up to maximize clearance with a > standard reach caliper. Stretching it to bigger rubber would mean > different brakes, and basically make it a slightly lighter Hilsen. Too > much overlap there. IMO 28 - 33 mm is a sweet spot for a fast, > comfortable, paved road, club-sport-not-quite-a-racing bike. > > I've been thinking about having a custom frame built. Every time I take a > stab at the geometry I'd want, then nudge it back to what can actually be > built without running into clearance problems, I wind up with something > that might as well be a Roadeo. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
