David- Just checked out your website, those bikes look like a ton of fun! I live in SoCal but next time I'm in the Bay Area I'd love to go for a test ride, I'll bet those wheels can roll over anything! I will say though that I have never owned a more sure footed, stable bike in my life, the 71 AHH handles great, climbs well and descends like a dream (even at 45 mph), definitely would be interested in comparing though, keep up the good work!
On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:11:36 PM UTC-7, davidfrench wrote: > > Hi Jim sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm extremely interested in feedback from > you and other tall riders, I'm just not sure a wheel size available for > more than 10 years and now having new lighter tires available (thus online) > make it esoteric. You can use 29" tubes in a 36" wheel by the way. Of > course if you blow a tire in the wild, there's zero chance another rider > will hand you a 36er tire, but I always take one spare in my bag on long > touring rides. > To really understand why a 700c or 29er bike even custom made (I had > several made) is by definition unstable you will have to be able, like I > did for years, to compare both bikes on the same path. Believe me, after > riding my DirtySixer you will understand that you are just "making it work" > on other 700c bikes as they are adaptations from regular bikes to our > longer body dimension. They are not thought from the beginning for taller > people than the belly curve of riders. > Wheel size, geometry (wheel base etc.) and oversized tubing (even the > handlebar diameter, at the grip) makes the DirtySixer a unique, safe and > fun ride. Not only on trails (it's not a 100% mountain bike but rather > 50/50 road/dirt) but over potholes, curbs, train tracks, sand or wet leaves > thanks to bigger contact patch. > Ps: stability problems on 700c bikes comes from wheel size, rims and tires > width, head tube angle+ trail, rider position relative to the bike (or mass > distribution) wheelbase, chain stays length, axle size... > I hope to be able to go ride the DirtySixer with you some day in our > fantastic playground that is the Marin headlands. > :-) > > > -- 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.
