I'm largely overlapping with all the sound advice you've already received, but my votes:
Tires: Continental Race King 2.2" - fast enough on pavement you won't be bothered, grippy enough on trails for any "XC" type of riding. I also really like the Rene Herse knobbies, if you want tan wall that's my vote. I have ridden all sorts of terrain on the RH knobbies and have never had to think about my tires - even on blue MTB trails. Drivetrain: Big fan of 1990s 110/74 triples here - they are cheap and plentiful, basically Silver cranks for a fraction of the cost and usually lighter. So many gearing options; I run 38/24 on my Bombadil and that works great - I use the top gears, but never need more. And I like to pair them with a matching era front derailleur, LX or XT typically, which are dime a dozen in 28.6mm clamp. The only downside of this route is that 90% of the used market are 175mm cranks, so if you want shorter they become harder to find. I find 170mm comes up regularly enough, though. -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/55d8fc1b-5701-4f6e-9165-290bde4cd578n%40googlegroups.com.
