How is the tire clearance? Are the chainstays the limiting point? What's the actual width of the Bon Jon Pass tires? How big do you think you could go with/without fenders? Sorry for the barrage of questions, but inquiring minds have to know!
Chris On Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 1:06:44 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Carla asked about what surfaces I've ridden on and how it rides. It's my > daily commute bike. It's essentially aroad bike with 700x35 Bon Jon Pass > tires. There's a short mud trail on my path through the hills, but I > wouldn't call that mountain riding. Now that the rain has appeared to let > up, I'm thinking about running Rock and Roads with no fenders, but it's > great the way it is. It rides like a Rivendell Road bike. Solid, lively, > comfortable, predictable. > > John asked about the front rack. It's a mini-porteur rack by the builder > "Haulin Colin" > > Jay asked 'why go to all the trouble' of making my own super compact > double instead of buying the Rivendell offering of the shelf. Certainly if > you have more money than free time, or more money than inclination to pull > together a concept, then a turnkey solution like the Rivendell Sugino > offering is way easier. In my case, I ended uip with a crankset that is > lighter, stronger, prettier, has 172.5mm arms, a lower q-factor, and cost > about half the price. Also, as Jeremy pointed out, I love it when a plan > comes together > > BL in EC > > On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 12:59:12 PM UTC-7, Carla Waugh wrote: >> >> Bill what type of surfaced have you ridden and what tires are you using? >> Would you describe how the Rosco feels when you are riding it? Thanks > > -- 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.
