We sort of discussed this earlier in the thread. Grant stated that there was some key thing that they needed to pull off, and we postulated that it might be a new rim. Garth noted that such 45mm rim brake rims have existed for a long time in 26 (snowcat) and 29 (kris holm) but not yet 650b.
As for whether rivendell "does things for the sake of being different," this might be a particularly appropriate podcast to listen to. There's also a link on the blahg to a video about the rim extrusion process. Ask youself why? I haven't watched it yet, but I know a new rim profile is easier to bring to life than many of the other innovations that Rivendell is single handedly responsible for, including modern-era 650b rims and tires, ultra-long reach caliper brakes, keeping headbadge art and lug manufacturers relevant, extra-long chainstay stock, to name a few. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
