I have used a SURLY CrossCheck with the 700c *Bruce Gordon*Rock n' Road Tires
for a vacation bike that was carried in a truck to use wherever I happened to be, paved road - gravel bike trail or whatever was available where I was to ride on. SOMA has a similar frame. Charlie Petry On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-5, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > > Anyone have any thoughts on positives or negatives associated with > choosing a 26" LHT versus a 90's MTB, like a Stumpjumper or Rockhopper? > > I'm familiar with the geometry differences between the two and I will be > using modern components (except for stem if I go vintage) so I'm interested > in things like ride quality, the impact of the tubing used in each, etc.... > > This will be an all-rounder bike that is primarily ridden on pavement with > the option to ride on packed dirt, gravel and even double track. I have no > interest in single-track or "mountain biking" as it currently exists. > > Riv content is that my bike project is directly inspired by the 56cm > Atlantis but I don't have the finances to go that route. I also know there > is a vast amount of experience with this type of bike here. > -- 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.
