Thanks, Bill. Good insight and photo. I'm always envious of you, and wish I could stop by as easily. I did send Roman an email with some other questions, but haven't heard back. I'm not sure he uses the company email format, but the questions weren't important or well thought out, and I kind of decided I should try to figure out some of this on my own anyway. (Or bug the group.) In terms of the question at hand, I'm trying to respect their need for professionalism, and not wanting to put them in a position of suggesting that something is possible or safe, when they've already clearly specified what the "official" maximum, allowable tire size is.
Drifting subjects here, I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on the blue #4, for fun. I wish you'd tried the green #5, too. They're both described as "road" and both fit the same exact range of rider sizes, but are really different. The #5 piques my interest because it's longer in both the top tube and chain stays, and therefore "may" be suitable as more of an everyday, slightly-upright, cruiser? That's still what I'm really after. Love everything about my Clem and hoped I'd grow into it, but I think I might actually be going the other direction these days. On Monday, October 31, 2016 at 12:19:31 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Keith wondered about the fork in Rosco Bubbe #5. He wished: " Wish I > knew for sure which crown was used." > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vGCfz-Zlw2I/WBeKBYCqO5I/AAAAAAAADTI/IPmc_8UjZvYYtWghOnszl-D0fHevwNVdACLcB/s1600/IMG_1411.JPG> > I just swung by Riv headquarters on my way to work today. I test rode > Rosco Bubbe #4 (the blue 58cm), and really liked it. I talked with Roman a > lot about it, and I promise you he knows the crowns well. If you give them > a call and ask for Roman, I'm sure he can settle for you whatever questions > you have. If you wanted to run a wide knobby, I bet the width wouldn't be > the thing that gets you. The headroom would get you, especially in mud. > The blue Rosco #4 had jack browns. They had one set up with Little Big > Bens, and another with Continental Speed Rides. Just give Roman a call and > talk through it. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
