Glen, a 26x5" (4.3" actual) wheel fits in the front. But that wheel, from my Pugsley needs special, custom-made washers (thanks pal Eric Liefeld, CEO of Liefeld Fabrications Inc) to make the 135mm hub fit in the weird 142mm Jones' spacing. My primary complaint about the JP is the weird front spacing. Newer models have 150mm spacing up front, so now you can possibly buy a really expensive Son dynamo hub to fit the bike. The back will take an actual 3.2" tire ( a Knard on a Rabbit Hole rim) and no more.
Yes I ride Fruita and Grand Junction technical trails all the time since I live there. :-) You would think a long (46 inch or so), wheelbased bike would make technical trail riding difficult. It doesn't, really! I don't know why. This seems to be widely observed. Turns out long bikes can be nimble. I am no great trail rider and the Jones doesn't make me that, but I do clear steeper ascents and descents than I do on any other bike. Also the flickable front end (relatively unweighted and low trail) helps me do better in rock gardens. -- 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.
