Yes, the 2" are fine, but if the fork had a nice old-fashioned crown, we could fit fenders. As it is, I either must consider filing off some of that "excess" steel or going with a smaller tire, maybe the Compass Nachos or whatever that 1.8" is called.
The model is called "Vision" and I don't think they made it for too long. It came with drops and skinny 26" tires and the rims are narrow. I think it was built as a 26" road a la some of the XOs, but the head honcho of Santana decided 700c was better for road, iirc (think I read it somewhere). My bro does ride, but not recreationally. And only when I get him a used bike, which I recently did, a cool 90s Bianchi Boardwalk in white. Definitely PM me though, for routes and group contact info--I enjoy hopping in on friendly local rides when visiting from out of town. On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 2:12:22 AM UTC-4, M G wrote: > > 2" tire is plenty big i think. We had 38 mms on the Santana for a bit, > and even on dirt, they were overkill. With 33s, there's still enough > cushion / but the steering reverts back to [nicely] sporty. I have always > been super impressed w Santanas, and liked this one a lot / I rode it with > my son as well, with the raised crank stoker kit (kid back). Does yr > brother ride? We have a semi-regular group ride during the week / and many > weekends. Will ping you with some route suggestions in a PM later this > week (i have some routes on the very unRivvish 'mapmyride', i can send > links) > > Love the color of yr Santana - and if it was a 26" wheel, was it a > "mountain bike tandem"? What's the difference between it and the regular > road tandems (elite, visa etc) > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
