Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell MTB sold on EBay
Come on, get a bombadil and ride the 650b wave! Then again for the price of a built bombadil you are almost at full custom prices. Can you just get the canti studs on a 58 set up for 26 wheels withouth borking the geometry? On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@earthlink.netwrote: The only stuff I have posted on the Mountain frame is here: http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/gen1/#mtnframe (and there's a link there to a thread about the Generation 1 frames.) - J On Sunday, July 8, 2012 9:44:40 PM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote: ... (I know that the mtb was only a 55cm, but I was guessing that it had a higher bottom bracket.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/V_zkEpdtTosJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell MTB sold on EBay
650b is cool and all, but I agree with the 26'ers. I don't have good technical reasons for loving 26 on bigger bikes, but I love them I do. One of my favorite rides in the past year was borrowing Alex Wetmore's 26 Giffordhttp://alexandchristine.smugmug.com/Bicycles/Framebuilding/Travel-Gifford/20857830_fvQ9PG#!i=1655919203k=4hwt7SHfor a few days: it's essentially an XO1 with low trail. With the fancy Compass tires, I was equally happy on the road, trail, and even down a flight of stairs by the U district. And for bikes in the smaller sizes, 26s make great sense. More sense than 650bs to me. Here's my wife's repurposed XO1http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2012/04/lisas-rad-bike.html . hard not to love that wheel size for a 52cm frame. On Monday, July 9, 2012 10:40:18 AM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: Come on, get a bombadil and ride the 650b wave! Then again for the price of a built bombadil you are almost at full custom prices. Can you just get the canti studs on a 58 set up for 26 wheels withouth borking the geometry? On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@earthlink.netwrote: The only stuff I have posted on the Mountain frame is here: http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/gen1/#mtnframe (and there's a link there to a thread about the Generation 1 frames.) - J On Sunday, July 8, 2012 9:44:40 PM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote: ... (I know that the mtb was only a 55cm, but I was guessing that it had a higher bottom bracket.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/V_zkEpdtTosJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/_g3e_ioYuR0J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell MTB sold on EBay
Here's my 59cm All Rounder running 26x1.5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonehaus/7151248901/in/photostream/ -Norman in PDX From: John Speare j...@phred.org To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell MTB sold on EBay 650b is cool and all, but I agree with the 26'ers. I don't have good technical reasons for loving 26 on bigger bikes, but I love them I do. One of my favorite rides in the past year was borrowing Alex Wetmore's 26 Gifford for a few days: it's essentially an XO1 with low trail. With the fancy Compass tires, I was equally happy on the road, trail, and even down a flight of stairs by the U district. And for bikes in the smaller sizes, 26s make great sense. More sense than 650bs to me. Here's my wife's repurposed XO1. hard not to love that wheel size for a 52cm frame. On Monday, July 9, 2012 10:40:18 AM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: Come on, get a bombadil and ride the 650b wave! Then again for the price of a built bombadil you are almost at full custom prices. Can you just get the canti studs on a 58 set up for 26 wheels withouth borking the geometry? On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: The only stuff I have posted on the Mountain frame is here: http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/gen1/#mtnframe (and there's a link there to a thread about the Generation 1 frames.) - J On Sunday, July 8, 2012 9:44:40 PM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote: ... (I know that the mtb was only a 55cm, but I was guessing that it had a higher bottom bracket.) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
