Great to hear Scott!
My wife told me I was too hasty, so we shall see. This is the first bike that
is a want not a need, so challenging for me to justify. Apparently, she has
less challenge. Sardonic grin.
With abandon,
Patrick
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Late to this thread, but I will chip in as I have some recent experience
with plus tires. Last spring, I got a 2018 Salsa Fargo with 27.5 x 3" tires
(WTB Rangers set up on wide SunRoc 50mm rims) and I've been off road
extensively on the bike on single and multiple day trips, loaded and
Thank you all for the input. You’ve helped me tremendiously. I will be
practicing contentment and continue to delight in riding the Hunqabeam and
Quickbeam and passing on Boots.
With abandon,
Patrick
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ive had 29+/3" tires on a mountain bike before, and i've had plenty of
knobbies in the 2.1-2.3 range. There is something special that happens
around the 2.8 range (with wide rims) where the tire becomes more "dreamy"
and floats over thick roots and rocks exponentially better than a 2.1ish
tire
Kevin said: “I'm not sure you'd be able to do that in quite the same way while
riding fixed, is that right? ... those techniques that I use that seem to make
29+ work for me, all involve coasting!”
Mongolian style 201: Fixed Gear Mongolian riding. Students learn that coasting
isn’t essential,
I was giving your question some thought and although I've never ridden mtb
fixed, I have ridden about 2,000 miles of trail on my 29+ over the past
couple years. One thing I've noticed with 29+ is that holding momentum is
key. I've found that you've got to accelerate earlier and with more effort
Final specs will shoe all, Kevin, but my understanding is it depends on frame
size.
Chris, you get around nicely!
With abandon,
Patrick
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I'll take a look on my desktop!
I love in California, born and bred in El Paso, TX. I will often
incorporate visits and bike tours from Denver, Durango, Santa Fe and ABQ to
home.
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Don’t want to derail things, but I thought Boots was 27.5+. Will it also be 29+
in some sizes?
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Hey Chris! Are you in Colorado? Always great to connect with others here. If
you’ve not seen it, here is my post on one of the CT trips I did last year:
https://thegrid.ai/withabandon/fixed-gear-bikepacking-the-colorado-rockies
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Patrick
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I have a pugsley running 26x4, and Im not sure cost is the right word regarding
climbing. The traction is unbelievable (a good thing) as is the ability to roll
over obstacles. Another facet in the GBW’s favor would be the long chainstays.
The downsides would seem to come into play more on the
Glad to discover at least one other person dumb enough to ride the Colorado
Trail fully rigid!
I recently built a modern mountain bike with 27.5x2.8 tires to replace some
29x2.4 tires. the 2.8" was a lot of heft at first but I got used to it. At
higher pressures, it can roll pretty quickly.
It's strange, but even with my Jones, I find myself eyeing one of those BD
29+ SS bikes every now and then. I wonder how its 480+mm chainstays would
like up against the Jones. Maybe someday when I'm feeling a need to add a
bike option to the garage.
Eric
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:45 PM Richard
On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:08:03 PM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote:
> I’m toying with the idea of a Boots (fixed gear version). I’d love to hear
> your experience of bikepacking with 2.6” to 2.8” tires vs. 2.1” or similar
> tires. This is for a bikepacking rig, so will be on pavement, dirt,
Thanks, Justin. Keep in mind, I’ll have decidedly unintelligent gearing. Grin.
Thinking of 30/34 x 17/21 (dinglecog) for usable gears of 57” high and 41” low.
I may need to gear lower, but then I’d get a freewheel on the flip side for
those 10+ mile descents. “Speed gained on the downhill” —
I think that if you can do plus tires you won't regret them for the type of
hilly-bike-riding/packing that most folks here tend to do. The larger tires
give you traction on the uphills and whatever is lost can be made up with
intelligent gearing, muscle and the speed gained on the downhill.
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