Deacon and Jeff: thanks for the knobbies + fenders perspective. Reason for asking, one day I may swap the hardly-knobs F Freds for something more knobby, particularly as the Thunderburts are said to outroll even the F Freds.
Question, Patrick: the Thunderburt knobs are hardly bigger than those on the F Freds. Still: are the knobs too big for comfort and fenders together? I suppose that by the time you are at the Racing Ralph or R&R size-knob, you are clearly at more risk. Jeff: I have to say that, from my experience with downpours that, in well under an hour, dump enough rain to flood my access road a good 6" above the 12" high bb of the Diamond Back mtb fixie I was riding, fenders still help to keep my saddle and backside dry. We get a citywide average of 8-9"/year, ranging from 14" or so at the Sandia foothills to 5" or so in some parts of the west mesa. Real gutters and drains are rare; most streets are themselves gutters, feeding runoff to a system of engineered arroyos; so that you often find yourself riding through a temporary river as runoff is shunted toward the curbs where cyclists ride. And, please post ride experience and photos of the new Space Horse. I am very, very chuffed at the so-large and ever growing "road bike for dirt" segment, and from the All City site, this seems to be a particularly elegant example, with a particularly elegant fork. (Me, I need fatter tires than 42s for our sandy conditions, whence the TCO compromise with the Matthews for 60s + fenders capability.) -- 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.
