On Thursday, February 7, 2013 3:37:20 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote: > > As for clearance, I seem to remember that it couldn't handle a 2.25 > tire. Perhaps I'm wrong. It just seems if you were gonna make a > "mountain bike" you'd want it to be able to handle a tire that size > with clearance for mud. >
Mike, When the first Bombadil came out, true, the 650b tires available were up through about a 42 or so; just after the Bombadil arrived, the Quasimoto also arrived, and was about as big as you could comfortably run on it... it's a 650b that's right at a 2.0. Some were even shoeing Neomotos in there in the 2.1 variant, but it was very close and tight. When the Bombadil was revised into the diagonal version, the clearance was greatly increased. I've run 2.3 Neomotos with SKS fenders and still had lots of clearance. The Bombadil's clearance is now massive. Here's an early pic, before I adjusted the fenders... I could still see daylight over the tops of the tires under the fenders... these are Pacenti's 2.3's: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/7150235995/in/set-72157623199721925/ -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
