I would say yes, geography is built into bike design. There's a reason Surly/Salsa specializes in fat bikes!
Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Addison Wilhite <addisonwilh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Regarding tire size, what probably does not come through in my post is the > rockiness and steepness of the jeep roads and trails we were on. Obviously > it is doable on the somewhat slim rubber, but not preferable. One of these > days I'll actually stop and take a photo of the surface in those parts but > I'm usually too busy pedaling or holding on for dear life. > > This does bring up a point I've often thought about before in that Riv > always seems to post photos of the camping excursions from their general > geographic location and it is clear how ideally suited their bikes are to > those dirt roads and trails (I've ridden a few). I've wondered about other > smaller bike companies and the tendency to match their designs to the local > road/trail surfaces and wondered if one could somehow make a matching game > of types of riding to company design philosophies? > > This is not a fully formed theory but I recall talking to DeSalvo at the > NAHBS a few years ago and him talking about how this particular bike was > ideally suited to the roads/gravel he rides in that area (pictured here). > > > http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2012/03/reflections-on-north-american-handmade.html > > Cheers, > > > Addison Wilhite, M.A. > > Academy of Arts, Careers and > Technology<http://www.washoecountyschools.org/aact/> > > > *"Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success"* > > Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://addisonwilhite.blogspot.com/> > > Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> > > Bicycle Advocate: Regional Transportation Commission, Bicycle Pedestrian > Advisory Committee<http://www.rtcwashoe.com/public-transportation-22-124.html> > > > > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:43 PM, WETH <erlhous...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Beautiful photos of great scenery. It certainly sounded like a great >> trip. Thanks for sharing. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
