In a Rivndellian spirit, I would say get the bike that will take the largest tires possible. Plus fenders! Even if you don't run tires that wide 90% of the time, you still have the option of it for the other 10%.
My $.02 On Mar 15, 10:51 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > With all the expertise in this group, I'm going to take the liberty of > asking a tire question for a non-Riv bike. I apologize but I don't know > where else to ask it. > > I'm going to get a Bike Friday Pocket Llama so I can take a bicycle with me > when I travel. I travel quite frequently for business and always feel that > if I just had a bike with me on most places where I go to, I'd be able to > enjoy myself more and also get to sight see the place rather than getting > stuck in the hotel or having to rent a car. In the Riv spirit, the bike is > steel and will have racks so I can also carry my bags and perhaps even do > some touring with it. > > I can get either a BF Llama or a BF World Tourer. The only difference is > that the Llama can take Big Apples 2.0 tires while the World Tourer only > takes up to 1.75" tires, the idea being that the Llama can be ridden on dirt > trails more easily. I know very little about the properties of 20" wheeled > bikes, but I wonder if the benefit of being able to ride the Big Apples are > as relevant on these bikes as they are on the Rivendells. > > Thanks for the feedback, > > René -- 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-bunch@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.
