"There just aren't many great tire choices in 650b so I am being patient."
People love the Ardents, and they come in 27.5": http://www.artscyclery.com/Maxxis_Ardent_650B__275_Tire/descpage-MXARD7.html Pricepoint has some 120tpi 27.5" tires from Vee Rubber for $30. I have the Flying Vee in 700C/29", and they are fast, with small knobs. Easy tubeless. It looks like they do big sales on 26" and 29", but not 27.5". Sorry. I don't know if they'd fit the Cheviot, but... maybe. Philip www.biketinker.com On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 2:03:19 PM UTC-7, Bruce Smitham wrote: > > My wife has the Cheviot and we have not taken it mountain biking. It's an > all-rounder with thinner slicks at this point but we will probably add some > knobbies and test it out later this summer. There just aren't many great > tire choices in 650b so I am being patient. I know that Riv has a video on > their site with Keven putting it through the off road test and it seems to > handle the off road just fine. I think it's the same all roundish bike as > my Sam Hillborne. You can do almost anything on it you want. The > hunqapillar seems sturdier if you plan to ride mostly off road. That's what > I would get and still might someday. > > > > On Jun 4, 2014, at 9:33 AM, RJM <crccp...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Thanks, > > Another quick question.....do y'all think this bike will make a good > mountain bike? The stuff I am thinking of riding through is what is called > the canal loop, which is situated in land between the lakes in western > Kentucky. The trail is singletrack with some technical stuff and a lot of > up and down. The whole area is full of nice singletrack and wider dirt > trails and I would like a bike to ride on that. I thought about the > hunqapillar, but I think the mixte frame will allow greater > standover...plus I love the look of it. > > > On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:19:32 AM UTC-5, Bruce Smitham wrote: > >> It's a 650b for the 55cm >> >> On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 7:02:42 AM UTC-7, RJM wrote: >> > It's a bit early for Riv to answer via email and this bike is on my >> mind. Just wondering if anybody knows the wheel size for a 55cm Cheviot? >> > >> > >> > >> > I'm seriously thinking this will be my next riv...set up like a >> mountain bike with albas. >> >> -- > 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/4vXaJBgiGYY/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- 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/d/optout.
