I love the idea of a very fat tired road bike. Fun! I wish there was a big apple in 650B.
If only this fellow could have fit fenders in there, as it rained rather hard for the whole event here in San Diego. I heard stories from friends that moments into the ride, MCRB riders were dropping out like flies because of the conditions (rain!) and that people riding in peletons had mouthfuls of road grime. Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Mar 18, 10:26 am, "Jim M." <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's a Ritchey Carbon Mountain Fork -- you can see the disc brake > mounts. That's why it can handle the fat tires. Everyone knows that's > a 26" MTB frame and not a road frame, right? > > jim m > wc ca > > On Mar 18, 10:18 am, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Seems like the MC/ARB crowd is starting to get the "fat tires on the > > > road" thing, albeit in a bit more "extreme" way: > > > >http://redkiteprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0876.jpg > > >http://redkiteprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0877.jpg > > > > Makes a jack brown look like a wispy track tire. > > > > (from RKP's Grand Fondo Colnago report...guess the guy was a belgian > > > who had flown in for the event. Come to think of it, that bike would > > > be awesome for rocking some flandrian cobblestones) > > > Those tires look great. Impressive that the carbon fork he's using can > > handle those wide tires, but i can only imagine the road spray those > > things would throw up. A ride like that calls for fenders! > > > -- > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN -- 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-bu...@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.
