Thanks, Hugh. Not sacrilege to me at all. I did seriously consider a 29er+ or fatbike, but the reality is that I was so greatly under biking with my 50mm Dureme tires and set up that with the knobbied Smart Sams I've got all the bike I need. When it comes to the drum brake question, I'm not sure how serious the need is, but wanted to explore the question since a new front wheel build is on the horizon anyway. The number of times brakes have been an issue is very small, as it take stye right circumstances for the usually pumping to not clear the system enough.
With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, April 17, 2014 6:27:43 PM UTC-6, hsmitham wrote: > > I know what I'm about to write is sacrilege but Deacon it seems that the > rig for your needs may be a bike with disc brakes and fat tires. There are > many choices these days and they can all be Riv'd out. I think your Hung > can and does do much of what you want and with class but it just seems that > based on your somewhat extreme climate and needs it might make sense. I > know that you were/ are concerned with too much bounce from fat tires. I > have only very limited time on a couple of fat bikes and they didn't seem > that bouncy. If others have more experience with fat bikes chime in. Also I > think you could pick a day and visit a local bike store in say Colorado > Springs and test ride some. My 2 cents worth and then some. > > ~H > > On Thursday, April 17, 2014 6:57:16 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> At some point in the future I will likely need to beef up my front rim to >> an Atlas to match my rear rim. At such point replacing the front hub with a >> dynamo/drum brake combo hub is something I am toying with, especially as >> I’ve found more area dirt roads to ride and nighttime rides would open up >> some things. My questions are as follows: >> >> Drum brakes: >> — Why are drum brakes not used much? >> — How practical are they for rugged, steep single track? >> — It seems they would address the snow/mud/muck loss of braking issues I >> sometimes experience. Is this true? >> — Does my frame need anything special, or will they simply go on? >> >> Dynamo: >> — How hearty are they (and the accompanying lights) on rugged single >> track? Will they hold up or be fussy? >> >> Thanks! >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >> >> -- 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.
