I really would much rather have several bikes than one "do it all" with wheel swaps. I just don't think the wheel swap thing works as well in practice as in theory. I tried it on my Sam with Paul moto brakes, going from 650b to 700. It was a little pointless; the 650b wheels with 38 tires does just fine. Does anybody know if the Appaloosa is built to be more mountain bike like than the Yves or Betty? Meaning a little stronger to take some bumps better? Just curious because my next rive will be mostly for trail riding. I got the fast roadeo, the comfy long distance Sam, now I need a mountain bike.
On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:48:42 AM UTC-5, Leslie wrote: > On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:00:25 AM UTC-4, Matthew J wrote: >> >> >> In the end I expect 95% or maybe more of the Riv market will ultimately >> decide on one type of tire they like best and not bother swapping no matter >> how easy it is to do so. >> > > Or, end up w/ another bike for the other tire... (N+1, right?) > > Similar bikes, but one's rolling on Hetres for most road work, the other > on MSO's for mixed, and another on Rumpkins... any one of the bikes could > be set up more like a road bike, a rando bike, a gravel bike, or a > tourer... but each are now nuanced, so I can grab the one suitable for a > particular ride (truth be told, any are good for most anything that the > others are... but, if I had a long road ride planned and wanted to be > quick, I'd not take the Bomba, but take the Ram instead.... if I wanted to > camp, I'd take the Bomba instead of the Ram.... if I wanted to be quick on > decent trails, probably use the canti-Rom.... > > So... the Appaloosa... > I like it. But, w/ a tentacular Bomba, I don't see there being a 'need' > for me to add one of these to the stable. I did pick the Bomba over the > Hunq, but there were things I liked about the Hunq; if I didn't have the > Bomba, the Appaloosa might have been a good bike, a bit closer to the > Hunq... They're all good. > > > -- 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/d/optout.
