So, I’m just going to say it. This is the reason I ditched 26” for mixed surface riding. I was having trouble finding tires that I liked (but he SK+ wasn’t available in 26” at the time). They were all really geared towards knobby MTB applications and not hard pack / pavement mixed riding.
That said, Vittoria Mezcals are available in 26x2.1, ETRTO 52-559 (52mm). They might work for you. I ran them for a while on my Gus Boots when I first built it and they were quite nice. I was running 29x2.6” which was overkill for my use case, but they were very comfortable. They make a bit more road noise than the SKs you have now but they still roll well on pavement. The Humptulips are a solid choice as well. A friend of mine runs a similar RH tire in their 27.5 variety (the name escapes me) and he loves them. On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 12:12 PM Bob <rcook.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ted, > > Yes, I measure the angles at 73° for both seat and head tubes. Mind you, > this is with my phone, but the feel of the riding position is akin to > another bike that I know to be 73°/73°. > > This bike is closer to the AR specified in the RBW 1996 catalog (pp. > 11–12) than to the AR in the first-generation geometry chart given in > catalog no. 5 (summer 1999). But all photos of ARs I've seen have have > double eyelets on the fork dropouts; mine has only fender eyelets on the > back of the fork dropouts. > > -- > Bob > > > On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 8:40:50 AM UTC-6 Ted Durant wrote: > >> On Friday, August 4, 2023 at 4:39:24 PM UTC-5 rcook...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> The seller, who is a group member here, too, described the bike as an >> All-Rounder, and for the most part that's what it seems to be, though it >> may be more accurate to say it is a custom in the style of an >> All-Rounder—cantilever brakes, clearance for 2" tires, 26" wheels—but >> without the bosses or eyelets for a front rack present on the ARs I've seen. >> >> Super short fork rake suggests Riv ATB, and it looks like the BB drop is >> pretty shallow, too. But not as much top tube angle as I'd expect for an >> ATB. Head lugs match what were on my Riv ATB, built at Waterford around >> '96 or so. Also, my ATB had vertical dropouts, where this one has short >> horizontals. >> >> Ted Durant >> Milwaukee, WI USA >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4ea160a5-12b2-4db0-96ff-6108de26e173n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4ea160a5-12b2-4db0-96ff-6108de26e173n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Ted Wood < ted.l.w...@gmail.com > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CANCvShr11mdF4b-N9ZWE%3DRUyWO1AS12PTTJRse-W2%2BK1YFyCDQ%40mail.gmail.com.
