I love seeing these All Rounders pop-up on the list. Keith: details please! Who was it built by/painted by, what year etc?
Ian A/Canada On Friday, January 3, 2014 7:47:09 PM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote: > > Yes! I'm about 6'-2". Here's a picture of my newish-to-me 60cm, > 26" All Rounder, on a week-long supported tour this July. I didn't > expect for this to happen, but it's ended up being the only bike I ever > want to ride! Moustache bars and all, I feel like it does most things > every bit as well as the couple of 700c bikes that I have (long rides, > fast rides), but it does some other things way, way better (ability > to accelerate quicker makes climbing more fun, fatter tires makes rough > roads more fun, lower center of rotating mass makes fast descents less > scary. And I haven't even tried it loaded yet...) Since I got this, my > 60cm, noodle-bar Rambouillet has pretty much been collecting dust. > Ironically, the thing that always strikes me when I DO ride the > Rambouillet, with it's 28mm Ruffy Tuffy tires, is how much more " plush" > (and therefore less "sporty") it feels compared to the All-Rounder, with > it's 45mm Compass tires. It's just unbelievable how comfortable THAT thing > is... but you'd sort of expect the opposite to be true. > > And, as I've posted somewhat recently, I too would really like to find a > Saluki in my size to round things out. I think that it would either be > the perfect medium, or just a fun way to experiment with the merits of > each wheel size. > > > On Friday, January 3, 2014 12:22:21 PM UTC-7, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > >> Between the 650B discussion, the 1 bike thread and my recent toying with >> a 26" XO-3 I was wondering if there are any taller ~6'/90pbh-ish folks out >> there predominantly riding 26" wheels these days... If it wasn't clear >> already the fact that my 3 current bikes represent each of the >> 26"-650B-700C wheel sizes has me bouncing all over on the topic! Good news >> is that now that all three are in good rideable shape I can sample them all >> ad nasuem and come to my own conclusions too! >> >> Tony >> > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
