Thanks for the feedback. Your bikes look great, and I believe my goals for the Bombadil match yours. Ride to the trails and enjoy the trails!
I'll be ordering a pair, most likely. Too bad they don't come in a wider version... I'll also check out that group. René On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:05 AM, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was going to post a link to the extremes, but the Schwalbe web page > is not working for me a tthe moment. I am running one on the rear > with a Marathon XR on the front, both 42mm wide. If I did not already > have the XR they both would be the extremes. The extreme replaced a > 37mm XR that I had on the back, but was not providing the rim > protection I needed. These are on my Rawland: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/36302...@n08/4086811962/ > I ride to the trails when I can, usualy 10 miles or so, then a mix of > fire roads and rocky SoCal singletrack. I need to take the trails > with a little more caution than with fatter nobbies, but the lack of > rolling resistance on the roads and fire roads more than makes up for > it. I also have a set of the Panaracer firecross 45mm, they are > wonderful on the trails, more traction but, but they are dogs on the > roads, feels like pedaling in sand at times. I have also run some of > the various large volume WTB 29'er options on different bikes, but > they are all sold now. I did not like the feel of the rotational > mass, I did not feel the trade off was worth it. > > If and when I am ever able to wear out the XR I will be buiying > another Extreme to replace it. This bike has exceeded my expectations > of a bike in every way. I drew my inspiration fo rthe build from the > riv concepts combined with the guys running monstercross setups over > on the MTBR forums (Google it, and join the forum so you can see the > pics). They have had great discussions on these in between 29'er type > setups. > > Rob > > On Nov 11, 8:55 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Keven suggested going with the new Marathon Extreme tires (snip) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
