The Cliffhanger seems like a great rim for a Bomba. They're 5 mm wider than the Atlas or A23, and not much heavier.
The 2.1 Thunder Burt would be a good tire to try as well. They're in-between the Schwalbe knobbies and the Compass tires you referenced, as far as speed and traction. On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forgive the cross post from 650b... since it's for the Bomba I figure it's > fair to share. By the velocity description it seems like this is a very > Riv-ish rim and the price from Velocity is just about the same as the Atlas > which Riv is selling. > > I'm thinking about a new wheelset for my Bombadil, aimed at Schwable Nobby > Nic's (2.25), Furious Fred's (2.1) or possibly the 48mm Compass EL tires at > some point. I like Velocity rims and have used the synergy, dyad and A23 > to date. Only the early edition synergy's have given me any grief and I > particularly liked a 700c wheelset I built up w/ the Dyads. Anyway... I > was perusing velocity's site and saw these big honkin Cliffhanger rims; > > http://store.velocityusa.com/p/cliffhanger-27-5/rims_touring_650b?pp=12 > > I'm deciding between these and the Atlas, Synergy or 650B Dyad's... oh and > I'm only going for 36H rims which is why I grugingly passed on all those > great deals on the Pacenti rims recently. I need rim brake compatibility > due to the Bombadil/Saluki bikes but I'll be throwing 6 bolt disc capable > hubs in them (shimano deore level) in case I ever take the opportunity to > dabble in those waters... :) > > Any thoughts? > > -- > 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.
