Those wheel formats are, um, I don't know. A 10x100 QR front wheel. I've never heard of that. A 10x138 QR rear wheel to handle 135 or 142. Is a 142mm QR rear 650B wheel a common thing? That all seems really unconventional. Especially since one common target for touring bikes is that you can get commonly available replacement parts anywhere. If I was spec-ing a 650B disc touring bike, I'd make it compatible with the cross-country mountain bike wheels that 'everybody' runs. Through axle mountain wheels are pretty darn common now. Mike Varley got this right with his Road Plus design.
BL in EC On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 4:53:55 AM UTC-7, Christopher Cote wrote: > > Surly released a new bike recently called the Bridge Club. It's a 650b > rough-stuff touring bike. I haven't seen much interest on the various bike > forums I regularly read, so I thought I'd bring it up here. > > To answer the question from my subject line, of course not. However, the > Long Haul Trucker is often compared to the Altantis even though it's > lacking the subtle Riv details that add up to a not-subtle difference. So, > comparing the Bridge Club to the Hunq, it's similar in mission, and takes > big 650b tires like the newer Hunq. It has a slightly steeper seat tube, > shorter chainstays, higher BB, etc. Those are the (not)subtle differences. > The less subtle are disc brakes, threadless headset, TIG welding, tubing > choice, etc. I would argue those differences make less practical difference. > > For me, I'm interested in the Bridge Club. I couldn't quite get myself to > pull the trigger on the Hunq. Rim brakes sealed its fate for me. The war on > that topic has been fought. An uneasy truce declared, but I know what side > I'm on. > > These days I'd rather have a threadless steerer, and Surly bikes come with > very long steerers, so if you get to it before the bike shop slams the stem > and cuts the steerer tube, it's easy to get the bars at a comfortable > height. Otherwise, Crust or VO can supply tall threadless stems. > > Last of all, I like blue, when I was considering the Hunq, I figured I'd > have it painted Homer blue. The Bridge Club comes that way stock. > > I'm curious what other RBW owners think about this. > > Chris > > -- 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.
