Yes, 28 was considered huge!
Now anything 38mm seems downright quaint!
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@gmail.com
wrote:
Ha! Yeah... and that seemed like a big tire...
But remember - a lot of this was driven by other factors:
- Brake reach and clearance
- Lack of
I remember upgrading the Ruffy Tuffy 28s on my Romulus in 2003 to Pasela
32s. Those huge tires on a road bike, it was *crazy!* :)
On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 3:40:20 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, 28 was considered huge!
Now anything 38mm seems downright quaint!
On Sat, Mar
Ha! Yeah... and that seemed like a big tire...
But remember - a lot of this was driven by other factors:
- Brake reach and clearance
- Lack of decent tires in that size range
On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 7:54:03 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
Remember Rivendells that only had clearance
Remember Rivendells that only had clearance for 28-32mm tires!
That seems like a BCE funerary object you would find in an Etruscan tomb!
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Joe Bernard joerem...@gmail.com wrote:
*I also love that Riv has now been around long enough that there are eras.*
Right? I
*I also love that Riv has now been around long enough that there are eras.*
Right? I remember the era when Riv style was an outlier in a sea of
skinny tires and low bars. Now there's tall headtubes and fat tires
everywhere, and 650B is a common mtb size!
On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 4:35:20 PM
-Original Message- From: Bill Lindsay Sent: Mar 13, 2015 10:48 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] 2008 time machine
When I bought my Hillborne in Fall of 2009, Keven handed me two Riv Readers, the late 2008 one and the early 2009 one. I ran
Wow. The transition from what I sometimes call the "Riv Classic" era of ToyoRam and ToyoAtlantis to the current era. I simultaneous love both the classic era and what they have evolved into. I also love that Riv has now been around long enough that there are eras.
Off to ride my 2TT albatross bar