G'day to all and may you all have a wonderfully relaxing Holiday experience.
The Hunq is getting painted now. Should take delivery in the next week or two. I'm putting 26" wheels on it and am most curious to get input from the group as to which tires would most match the riding terrain. This is my all-rounder for a 16 mile round-trip commute to the office (half of which is on bike trail and passes near the Riv shop) as well as some off-road riding and overnight camping (mostly on Mt. Diablo). The off-road riding will be mostly fire roads similar to those you see in the Hunq video (I live 10 minutes or so from those fire roads and the foothills of Diablo). I was thinking about the Marathon Extremes 2.25 which I know is more geared toward off-road riding. I'm not concerned about how fast I get from point A to point B when I'm commuting, so the size, weight isn't a concern. I have read and talked to Jay at Riv HQ that this particular tire has a nice ridge in the middle that provides a little less rolling resistance on pavement vs. other mtb bike off-road tires. I don't intend to "fly" down some of the steeper rutty fire roads or get aggressive on curves or intend to be jumping over anything (except the rare 20' rattle snake I have twice encountered :-)) crossing a fire road. More of a "enjoy the scenery experience.!" Would the 2.25 be to knarly? What other tyre options could I consider? The other consideration would be which fenders to use? If I were to go with the 2.25, my options are pretty limited. Since I'm not getting aggressive off-road, I'm not too concerned about getting something lodged causing an end-over. TIA Michael -- 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.
