I am thinking that, God willing, I will have a custom frame built for local dirt-cum-pavement rides. Our bosque is so nice, winter and summer, and living within a good spit of it, and not having to commute to an office, means that I have much more opportunity for bosque miles now than I did a few years ago.
I have a Fargo very nicely dialed in and very nicely set up for this sort of riding, but the handling is less than best, and the tubing is excessively stout. My next door neighbor rides a Jamis carbon fiber cyclocross bike along the same trails, though in dry summer when the sand gets deep, he uses a CF mountain bike. I think I want something that is, basically, a sedate road bike with room for 65s and fenders, plus a rear rack for occasional grocery loads. Perhaps a front rack, too, if the geometry requires more even spreading of the load. Gearing would be wide-spaced subcompact with close ratio rear, tho' with the choice of running a triple and wide range. (I think of building the bike up with the Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs left over from the Ram, just 'cause.) Use would be largely what many of you would call short distance riding, but energetic riding, using drop bars and a position just a bit more relaxed than on the road bikes. But I'd like the bike to be capable of longer rides, and that laden, should such occasion arise. "Laden" will mean panniers. Disk brakes and "29er" wheels are musts. The Jones sound wonderful, but I want mine to be optimized for, as it were, road riding on dirt, often sandy. I'll appreciate any technical or otherwise practical suggestions about tubing, sizing, build, geometry, braze-ons, and what have you. Bring it on! Thanks. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
