I guess I am more in Dustin's camp, while my favorite ride is a bike with 32-40mm tires because I can do all roads and most dirt, true MTB's have their place. Having 29er' 2.2" tires just opens up terrrain that the skinnier tires don't handle as well. Sandy and rocky terrrain require more flotation. And with steep long downhills disc brakes just are more reliable and safer. My 29er is steel but I have a 3" travel front fork and it seems like I can ride with all the full-sus guys without a problem and lock it out and be ok on roads too. My biggest issue is having to drive somewhere to take advantage of this capability.
and of course trail courtesy is just as important as anything else discussed here. ~Mike~ On Mar 30, 7:14 am, Jon Grant <jgr...@papagrant.com> wrote: > I didn¹t read ³fat tires for the road and skinny tire for the dirt.² Rather, > I got the impression of a message consistent with past writings: You can be > happy riding fatter tire on pavement and skinnier tires off-road ‹ that is, > same tires for most all conditions. Then you don¹t need two specialized > machines and attendant gear; you can just ride wherever. You can just ride. > Just ride. RIDE. > > -- > Jon ³Papa² Grant > Illustration + Information Graphics > Austin, Texas > jgr...@papagrant.com > 512-284-9599 > > Drawings ‹ all sorts -- 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.
