Kristy: Thanks for tire size info. I think that size is fine. Many of my friends with 26" wheels tour on 1-1/2" to 1-3/4" tires with good result. I've only recently been able to move my wife onto 1-1/2" tires on her Atlantis. She had 1-1/4" & did not want to change anything but 1-1/4" look so skinny it made me nervous. I really like Schwalbe but we compromised on the Compass tire due its lighter weight.
We live in a dry climate so neither of us have fenders. When I got my Atlantis 10+ years ago I said I would install fenders next time we got a wet winter. Hasn't happened so far. People I know with fenders seem to like the SKS and the Longboards that Rivendell sells. Jones bars are really intriguing. I hope they work out, & look forward to hearing about them. dougP On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 6:36:57 AM UTC-7, kmcmoobud wrote: > > Doug, > > The tires are 26x1.6. I advocated for fatter tires to start with, but I > lost that one! > > We'll be sure to post a review of the H-Bars after some longer rides. > Weather permitting, the bike is going fishing this weekend so we'll get a > chance to see how it handles the fire roads. > > Do you have fenders on your Atlantis? If so, what are you using? > > Thanks! > > Kristy > > On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:11:46 PM UTC-4, dougP wrote: >> >> Kristy: >> >> What size tires are those? Also, let us know how the Jones bars work >> out. I'm musing on changing bars on my Atlantis. >> >> dougP >> >> On Sunday, July 28, 2013 6:22:32 PM UTC-7, kmcmoobud wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just finished building up my partner's new Atlantis, which we >>> purchased from listserv member Pepe. We took it out for a test ride and >>> had an unfortunate encounter with chain suck. The first scratch of many, I >>> suppose. >>> >>> We picked a mix of components to make the bike flexible enough to tour, >>> keep up (mostly) during shorter road/group rides, and most importantly, to >>> carry my trout-fishing obsessed partner to the harder to reach blue line >>> fishing streams where the native brookies tend to hide. The build list >>> link is included with the pictures, which are found here: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/surlybvisits/sets/72157634826315045/ >>> >>> Racks, fenders, and a few other small items to be added when we find the >>> pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, which, if there is any bike can get >>> us there, this is the one! >>> >>> Oh, and a big shout out to Steve Cheers with Mountain Sports >>> Limited<http://mountainsportsltd.com/>for listening to us go on and on and >>> on about the build! Visit these guys >>> if you can. >>> >>> Happy riding, >>> >>> Kristy >>> >> -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
