I wonder if Riv intends to support running something like a Cliffhanger rim tubeless or if they plan on working with a manufacturer to make a 650b non-disc rim appropriately wide for a plus sized mountain bike tire (or both??). Running a 2.8" tire at low pressure on a 25mm internal width rim with tube...more like Just Flats
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 3:55:06 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > masmojo responded to me (I'm almost certain). Masmojo asked two questions: > > 1. "I maybe have 20 more years in me (max), what then?" 20 years until > you give up cycling? After that, enjoy walking, or reading. 20years of > life? After that, peacefully enjoy the afterlife > 2. "what about the scores of people who buy Rivendells based on their > sort of lifestyle status & at their core are not bike people?" If those > theoretical people buy a 584mm rim Rivendell, and 10 years down the road > need a new rim, and at that time 584mm rim brake rims are not readily > available, then I imagine those people would reach out to Rivendell for > help in sourcing a rim. Rivendell has convinced rim manufacturers to > manufacture rims on numerous occasions, and I imagine they will continue to > do so. If your actual worry is that rim manufacturers will discard the > capability to extrude rim brake rims entirely, then that's going to be a > problem for all rim-brake bikes, not just 584s. If your actual worry is > that Rivendell Bicycle Works will be out of business in 10 years, and that > will leave the hypothetical non-bike people helpless, then I don't really > have a way to calm your worries. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 9:57:49 AM UTC-7, masmojo wrote: >> >> The "worry" isn't for me so much; I am a "Bikie" & I would anticipate >> such an issue, but I maybe have 20 more years in me (max), what then? OR, >> what about the scores of people who buy Rivendells based on their sort of >> lifestyle status & at their core are not bike people? They won't even think >> to buy "extra" rims, most people won't realize what an oddity a super wide >> rim brake rim is until it comes time to replace it. > > -- 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.
