I took it through leg 1 of the trail route to work. Wildcat Canyon is
all clay, and in the spring time it's either hard as cement or ankle
deep peanut butter. There were still a few of those wet wallows, so
we're a couple weeks away from being able to clean that section. That
said, the
man the Sam looks so different without fenders (and the clearances are
huge!), really wish someone would put 50's on just so we know :) but i
think it might work
On Apr 9, 9:42 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
We were speculating whether a Hillborne would take Marathon Duremes in
a
That extra tire clearance is probably the only reason I sometimes
dream about an orange Hillborne to go with my green. It's a good
bike, but the Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 40s are about as wide as I'm
comfortable with right now.
Will say I'm officially jealous of your setup.
Still not sure I
It was weird taking the fenders off, Eric. I even took off the
kickstand, which is a first since I bought it. I moved the kickstand
to the Bombadil. It does look a little nekkid, but now when I look at
it I'm reminded of Jay's Hillborne.
The trails are pretty darn bumpy and my honey B-17 is
An 80% dirt commute! That's living it up nicely.
We've got a pretty similar hunqa-style setup. I recently took off
fenders and racks so it'd be more manageable in rough dirt too.
I really like the Sam this way (naked, that is).
Before, with racks and fenders:
