Keith: With the 26" wheel size, you'd have 2l nice tires available from Compass, the featherweight 29 mm* Elk Pass to the 50 mm Rat Trap Pass, and I think Compass reformulated its mid-width ~38 mm tire in that diameter too, so perhaps it's now of the same supple quality as the 2 others.
* The EP is labeled 32 but measures between 27 and 29 on my road-width rims. For my taste, 28 mm is perfect on a road bike. On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 10:17 AM Keith Weaver <keith.wea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking this would be a perfect fit for me, assuming it actually is a > 52 cm frame. I'm 5'6", with a 79 cm PBH. I'm a little torn about getting a > 26" bike, but I get why Riv uses smaller wheels for smaller frames. > > I'm having a hard time justifying the purchase, because there's a lot of > overlap between the Ram and my current bikes. I have an older Riv road > standard, to cover the lugged steel Rivendell place in the stable. The > problem with that bike is that I can't run tires larger than 28 mm. I got > some great input on using supple tires with that bike, haven't tried that > yet. I really want that spot to be filed with an Albatross barred bike, I > don't know if the road standard will ever be great with those bars. One > other issue with that bike is that it doesn't have any cream details, it's > solid light blue. A great color, but I like the cream fills on the Ram. > Then, I have an S&S coupled Lynskey Ti all-rounder, that can take up to 42 > mm tires. The 3rd road bike in the garage is a 52 cm, 26" wheeled Surly > Disc Trucker, that I only use for fully loaded touring. > > So, I guess I'm looking for input on whether I'd love this bike so much > that I should give it a spot in my stable? It does feel like a good deal, > given the stated condition. I'd have to drive a couple of hours to get it, > but I think it would be worth the trip. > > Cheers, > Keith > > > On Nov 17, 2018, at 5:02 PM, Lum Gim Fong <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ah-ha! > > > > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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.
