I've been in process of trying to determine a single off-road compliment to my Atlantis and have decided that 26ers are fine for road and light off road but just don't roll like a 29er. I've not ridden a 650b yet but I'm told that at "our" height (6'3" with 91PBH) the benefit of 650b mountain is mostly lost.
On Monday, January 6, 2014 9:02:23 AM UTC-8, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > Oh nothing tragic happened to it... I (willfully) sold it to someone on > the forum... and therefore have little right to express remorse. It went > to a good home... I just miss it, naturally. > > BB > > On Sunday, January 5, 2014 9:28:58 PM UTC-5, Peter M wrote: >> >> Wait what happened to your bombadil?! >> On Jan 5, 2014 9:25 PM, "Montclair BobbyB" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wow that's beautiful... reminds me of my *(former)* Bomba less one >>> TT....*(sniff)*... >>> >>> On Saturday, January 4, 2014 2:13:50 PM UTC-5, iamkeith wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, January 3, 2014 11:02:51 PM UTC-7, IanA wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> Ian, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the interest. I've been meaning to put together a flickr >>>> set or a submission to Cyclofiend to share some photos, but haven't gotten >>>> around to it. I bought the bike about 14 months ago and was alerted to >>>> it's sale by list member Joe B., in Portland. The original owner was >>>> selling it on consignment at a local bike shop. It had a really odd mix of >>>> parts on it which probably concealed it's potential and beauty to most who >>>> looked at it, so it hadn't sold for a long time. (Some here might >>>> remember >>>> it. One of those "before" photos, from the listing, is attached) But MAN >>>> is it beautiful! >>>> >>>> It's a '99, built by Joe Starck and painted by Joe Bell, with the >>>> optional "fancy" window-fill paint option. It also had an optional >>>> extra-long top tube, which means that it fits like it was made for me >>>> and my odd long torso / short legs proportions!! It's listed as "Coleman >>>> Green" paint which, whether it was intentional or not, it is an almost >>>> exact match to the green on the first run of Quickbeams. (But, being a >>>> Joe Bell job, it's much more lustrous). It came with the original >>>> purchase >>>> order, including all this information and a note from Grant. The most >>>> beautiful / unique detail on the bike is the bottom bracket area, which >>>> was >>>> all gorgeously fillet brazed instead of lugged. Sounds funny, but I can >>>> stare at it for hours.... >>>> >>>> Along with the serendipity of the long top tube, I somehow stumbled >>>> into the perfect moustache bar setup, as I've posted about before. (I had >>>> the bars on my too-small XO-1 that this bike replaced and, though I really >>>> wanted to, could never make peace with them until now.) Unlike that first >>>> attempt and counter to what most people recommend, I went with a LONG stem >>>> (on top of the longer top tube) and raised them "only" to saddle height. >>>> I >>>> hear angels singing whenever I grab them. :-) >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> -- 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.
