It's strange, but even with my Jones, I find myself eyeing one of those BD 29+ SS bikes every now and then. I wonder how its 480+mm chainstays would like up against the Jones. Maybe someday when I'm feeling a need to add a bike option to the garage.
Eric On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:45 PM Richard Rios <richardario...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:08:03 PM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I’m toying with the idea of a Boots (fixed gear version). I’d love to > hear your experience of bikepacking with 2.6” to 2.8” tires vs. 2.1” or > similar tires. This is for a bikepacking rig, so will be on pavement, dirt, > and trail roughly equally. How big the cost in climbing? How great the gain > in just rolling over stuff? My reference point is 38mm tires on the > Quickbeam vs. 2.1” on the Hunqabeam, but I’ve not bikepacked with the 38mm. > I was delighted/astounded at what I rode over fixed gear on the Colorado > Trail last year on the Hunqabeam. > > > > With abandon, > > Patrick > > > > www.CredoFamily.org > > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org > > Maybe try one of these while waiting for gus to arrive... > > > http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/fat-bikes/fat-bikes-fant29-ss-fatbikes.htm > > Throw on a fixed cog and give it a go. Compared to other options not > really all that expensive to try a long term test. After sell it, prolly > wouldnt lose to much, or keep it around for kids, Wife, or as a beater / > loaner. > > Best, > Richard > > -- > 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.
