Another tidbit from interbike: https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2018/09/19/first-time-exhibitor-rivendell-showing-new-model-designed-dirt#.W6QAeC-ZP-Y
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 11:01 AM Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm fairly certain the sample is using 650b Velocity Cliffhangers: > > http://www.velocityusa.com/product/rims/cliffhanger-584 > > 30mm external width, tubeless compatible, rim brake rims. I've been using > the 700c version on my CleMTB and have been quite satisfied with them, and > I wouldn't be surprised if these ended up being the go-to rim for Gus. > > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 9:40:03 AM UTC-7, masmojo wrote: >> >> Just to be clear my concern is Not With rim brakes; it mostly centers >> around what would have to be a wider then normal rim brake rim for this >> particular model. I am could be wrong (hopefully), but are they putting >> 2.8" tires on standard Atlas/Velocity rims? Otherwise all the wide 27.5 >> rims I am aware of are disk brake only!?? Maybe Alex makes something? I've >> poked around enough looking for 650b rims, I can't imagine there's any I >> haven't tripped over. So I have to assume they are made to order >> (translation: proprietary) if so good luck finding them down the road or at >> a reasonable price. (And 29ers are only slightly better maybe?) >> I guess in the future one could forgo the super wide tires & go with >> normal tires/rims pretty easily, but . . . > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
