modern carbon/aluminum road bike On Mar 18, 12:29 pm, "rswat...@me.com" <rswat...@me.com> wrote: > Ok I give up. > What's MCRB? > Google search gave a bunch of articles on protein synthesis or > something. > > Ryan > > On Mar 18, 2010, at 11:31, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > .
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