[RBW] Fatty Rumpkin tire opinions, experiences.

2020-06-21 Thread Valerie Yates
I loved them on my Sam Hillborne. They transitioned seamlessly from pavement, to dirt roads, to trails with patches of gravel and sand. I never had to think about them. They replaced rock ‘n roads, which sounded loud and felt grabby in the corners. I had the robust version and had no complaints

[RBW] Fatty Rumpkin tire opinions, experiences.

2020-06-20 Thread Ryan M.
I have some Schwalbe G one Allround tires on my Appaloosa but they are the 57mm wide variety. Now, these do fit, but the rear is a bit close to the chainstays...basically a couple of mm's on each side is the clearance. They work, are nice tires and are comfy but I'm beginning to wear them out an

Re: [RBW] Fatty Rumpkin

2012-03-22 Thread Leslie
I still think the Hunqapillar would have been well-named if it'd been called Mumakil -L On Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:44:07 AM UTC-4, BSWP wrote: > > I glide along on Jack Browns, but have also enjoyed the LOTR references in > RBW offerings. My beautiful orange QuickBeam has my friends n

Re: [RBW] Fatty Rumpkin

2012-03-22 Thread Andrew
I glide along on Jack Browns, but have also enjoyed the LOTR references in RBW offerings. My beautiful orange QuickBeam has my friends now reminding me to "Think Ent." - Andrew, Berkeley On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:40 AM, colin p. cummings wrote: > I only recently read the Lord of the Rings trilo

[RBW] Fatty Rumpkin

2012-03-22 Thread colin p. cummings
I only recently read the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and just the other week was re-reading book 1 when I noticed Fatty Lumpkin, Tom Bombadil's little horse/pony. Anyone know why Riv calls their tire the "Rumpkin" and not the "Lumpkin"? Anyone out there riding the exceedingly appropriate setup of