My '96 All Rounder is just that, a road bike with mountain bike clearances. And that's how Grant advertised them back then too. I've had a couple dozen bikes the last 2 decades but the AR has always been with me and it always will. I've run it with 26x1 1/4", 26x1.95's, 650Bx42/s and 47's (without fenders), and now running 26x2.3 RTP's. It's a plum cuz it handles them all with aplomb. You may quote me.
Craig in Tucson On Friday, February 1, 2019 at 11:05:47 PM UTC-7, Ian A wrote: > > A Roadini with 60mm tires would likely need a wider Q factor to clear the > rear tire. This is just one of many geometry changes which would add up to > yield a very different bike. > > A road bike with mountain bike clearances is a rare animal. The only one I > can think of that comes close is the Rawland rSogn, which was 650b, could > handle ~2" tires, had a low Q and was biased toward road geo. I was so > fascinated by this idea tbat I acquired two rSogn, and had one of them > modified by moving the canti posts so it can run 26" wheels (I dreamed of a > road bike with widish 26" rubber). > > I believe only 200 rSogns were ever produced. > > Oddly, I ride my 700c x 35mm bike more than either Sogn (and I love those > Sogns). The 700c machine fits me like a glove. It is almost perfectly > designed as it is. I can't imagine giving up any one of these three bikes > though. > > IanA > > -- 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.
