Eric: Coming from a fellow Niner rider (I ride an MCR), I'd better believe it. Great write-up (especially like the snow photos). I actually ran into a few R&D dudes from Surly at the Fruita Fat Tire festival in April. We had just finished a thrill ride on Zippity-Doo-Dah and ran into these guys in the lot (where I immediately noticed this awesome bike layin on its side)... I said to the guy "That looks like Pugsley's big brother"... He replied "It's a Krampus... 29er... here, take it for a spin"... So I did. WOW, surprisingly fast and nimble, although it was all on flat, fast and flowy dirt/sand single track... I didn't get a chance to climb with it... but wow, what a cool (and FUN) bike. They both had em (prototypes), set up for SS... Perhaps one day... although I gotta say, riding a nice steel, nimble 29er on tight technical forested trails is so blissful, I wonder how it could ever get better...
But sorry, this is getting off-topic... Still, I hope where this is all heading is with further growth of the 'adventure bike' category... something that all Rivs seem to comfortably fit in already... Peace, BB On Monday, December 9, 2013 8:17:27 PM UTC-5, Eric Daume wrote: > > I demo'd a Krampus this weekend, and I didn't find any issues with the > slacker head angle--and this is coming from a guy that really enjoyed a > mountain bike with a 74* head angle. > > > http://bikingtoplay.blogspot.com/2013/12/global-fat-bike-day-and-krampus.html > > My bike fund is in some danger... > > Eric Daume > Dublin, OH > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Montclair BobbyB > <montcla...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I love what Surly is doing with the 29er+ bikes (Krampus / ECR), except >> I'm not a big fan of the slightly slack headtube angle (69.5 degree)... >> maybe Surly is concerned about toe overlap (with those gargantuan tires)... >> still I'd rather see a longer top tube than slack head angle... For >> downhill, great... but for climbing, nimble maneuvering and certainly for >> touring I'd rather have something closer to 71/72. >> >> But maybe that's just me... >> >> On Sunday, December 8, 2013 6:40:54 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> Not directly related to the Hunquapillar, but interesting in a >>> Rivendellianisticishianesquetic way or, at very least, >>> quasi-crypto-Rivendellian. Ish. And it's local, land of red 'n' green. >>> >>> http://gypsybytrade.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> Patrick Moore, contemplating a lugged, more-rake fork from Chauncey for >>> his Fargo in frigid ABQ, NM. >>> >>> -- >>> *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* >>> Certified Resume Writer >>> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html >>> patric...@resumespecialties.com >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>> >>> Albuquerque, NM >>> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
