The other thread on the joys of wrenching made me want to share part of my day's wrenching project. The Saluki re-build has allowed me to start messing around with the Bombadil which maintained it's initial configuration since I scrambled to put it together for my big Veterans Day ride last November. This frame has so much flexibility! Honestly though I think it really just wants fatter tires and sleak, flared handlebars! So here is what I've been working on....
http://dr2dc.blogspot.com/2015/06/nobby-bombadil.html For those keeping track those are 2.25", 650B Nobby Nic's. Definitely on the outside of recommended width for the first gen Bomba's but I think in un-muddy situations it's going to be fine. I picked up these tires locally and couldn't pass on the opportunity to check the clearances. 2.1" is definitely the sweet spot for this frame though. The Nitto RM14 Dirt Drop bars are remarkably comfortable to ride in the drops at least as high up as I have them. I'm hoping to get off-road for a couple hours this week or coming weekend. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K34L8HLE9Zg/VX48jh9JhzI/AAAAAAAAIJQ/kV1x_MJax6I/s1600/IMG_20150607_172438957.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9_2qIiP1TdM/VX49HVuQjXI/AAAAAAAAIKA/jqPsB00wnQE/s1600/IMG_20150614_223151917.jpg> -- 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.
