BTW, I hadn't noticed the wheel size in the photo. Put a chubby tire on & 26 looks just fine. Exactly!
Hugh Sunland, Ca On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:16 PM, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Before I got my Atlantis, I was talking to Riv about a custom for > touring. One of my specs was 26" wheels. To me, versatility is key, and > for my purposes 26" was preferable. Long story made short, I've never > regretted my stock 58 cm Atlantis with 700 wheels. But if I was a bike > designer, I'd just use 26" for everything. Probably a good thing I'm not > in charge. BTW, I hadn't noticed the wheel size in the photo. Put a > chubby tire on & 26 looks just fine. > > dougP > > > On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:27:35 PM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: > >> Mike, >> >> He was lamenting whether to go with 700c or 26" I told him with the >> 26" you'll have a vast choice of tires with different tread, and a >> cushy ride. I do think he needs to lower the HB's and just have the >> spacers above. I also recalled what you said about wishing you'd had >> the 26 er which I passed on to him. Also I believe the smaller wheel >> is easier to get spinning which I would deem appropriate with a load. >> >> And yeah I'm planning on snapping some pic's bought a 8 gig SD card. >> >> >> Hugh >> Sunland, Ca >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Mike <mjaw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I'm sure he'll love that bike. Looks great although I do think he could >> come >> > down a bit on the bars as they look a bit high. But if that's where he >> like >> > them, then he should leave him. Somewhere on the Surly site it mentions >> that >> > their steerer tubes are sturdy and you don't have to worry about >> having >> > them uncut and stacked. >> > >> > Like Eric, I'm a big fan of the 26" wheeled LHTs in larger sizes. I >> sorta >> > wish when I had purchased mine that I had gone with a 26" wheeled >> model. >> > >> > Looking forward to pictures from your tour Hugh. >> > >> > --mike >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/**topic/rbw-owners-bunch/** >> MGAn4gvRRwM/unsubscribe?hl=en-**US<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/MGAn4gvRRwM/unsubscribe?hl=en-US>. >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> > rbw-owners-bun...@**googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >> > Visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/**group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-**US<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US>. >> >> > For more options, visit >> > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out>. >> >> > >> > >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/MGAn4gvRRwM/unsubscribe?hl=en-US > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
