It's squished, tho. tire compat: it isn't designed for 3.0. just 2.8. In fact, most sub tires are 2.6. I am pretty sure there are no trails in this part of NorCal that require or are more fun or safer on a tire bigger than 2.3, at least at the speeds I ride. the bike seems to fit a 3.0 fine, but that just because we like wobble/hop room with any tire, and if you that with a 2.8, you get clearance for 3.0. (it has that)
I am not well-traveled, so any generalizations I make--keep that in mind. Or even any statements. But the thing is, also, that fire trails are always kept smooth enough for fire trucks, an logging roads, jeepish roads, cart roads, and most sub-5,000-ft elevation hiking trails are smooth enough for 2-inch tires (Mark rides Jack Browns on them, and Robert rides 32s..). So, the fatness you ride depends on how you ride, too. we're dissecting the samples to make everything perfect, and in some cases that means going out of manufacturer's specs, something that's never recommended, but it's one thing to not know the spec and miss it because of that, and another to know it exactly and what they had in mind when they say "264mm", and then you see how that affects other things, and sometimes you have to (it seems, we're thinking) go out of spec to get a better bike. unfortunately, we can't build and ride yet. we have to modify the fork. a miscommunication (not our goof, not the fork maker's, either) gave us too-short steerers. This will be resolved quickly and expensively by late this week, and we'll be riding, I think, by Friday. a hiccup with the Silver2 shifters may be resolved, too. we'll know mid-to-late October. There is a slight but lousy clue and contest about the bike's name in the Blahg. G On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 6:57 PM Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like you could store a mini-pump in the tubular crown. > > Philip > Santa Rosa, CA > > On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 4:28:40 PM UTC-7, ML / SF wrote: >> >> From today's newsletter: >> >> >>> Here's the new MTB fork that has us all excited. We'll get the bikes >>> built up for Interbike late next week. They're looking really fun; check >>> Grant's Blagh >>> <https://rivbike.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2090e897f8c7f8d7170a52bbd&id=1cf90c24c0&e=15acf462d1> >>> for more updates a little later on. >>> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/bZskFzjF_I4/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.
