On Jul 6, 8:25 pm, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:52 PM, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm also confused because I looked at the recommended tire size for > Hunqapillars and Bombadils. The recommendation only goes up to 55 mm, which > is smaller than the usual off-road tires. Say I wanted to do the Great > Divide. Say I was a good bike handler, so I thought I'd be OK with no > suspension. I'd still want to be riding mountain bike tires, so the Hunq or > the Bomba still wouldn't work for me.
The Great Divide route is on my to-do list. I follow the Tour Divide race, and the most popular tire among winners has been the WTB Nanoraptor, which is about a 52, and will fit a Hunq. Deanna Adams did the Divide on a fixed-gear road bike with Ritchey cyclocross tires: http://www.xo-1.org/2009/06/deanna-adams-tackles-tour-divide.html A few years ago, former Riv employee Daniel did the Divide route on, IIRC, the proto-Hunq, or maybe proto-Bomba. I'm sure the Atlantis would do fine on the route, but personally I'd want fatter tires and would probably choose a Hunq (or my non-Riv 29er, which fits 65's. jim m wc ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
