I'll echo the notion that the ability to run wide tires is always a welcomed bonus, if even you do not have the intention. the option is a great thing to have.
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Robert F. Harrison <rfharri...@gmail.com>wrote: > I own a Bike Friday New World Tourist and have ridden both with 1.75 tires > and my current 1.50 Schwalbe Marathons. Just to be sure I've got Riv content > my NWT has actually visited Walnut Creek and sat with all the employee bikes > while I fell in love with a Bombadil (but ended buying one of the last > Quickbeams - still saving for another Riv). This was no small feat as I live > in Hawaii and that's a long ride!. I've had the NWT in Mexico, the Bay Area, > L.A., Las Vegas, and San Antonio since last 2008 and love it. > > As for the tires, I'm a big guy 6'1" 250ish and the 1.50's seem fine to me > - as did the 1.75's. I'd probably have stuck with the 1.75's but the only > 20" tires my local LBS had when I needed a new set (sidewall rip on the old > set) were the Schwalbes at 1.50. > > I use the Bike Friday travel fenders and did with the 1.75's as well. > > I'll be riding it @ RAGBRAI this year. > > > You can find out more on the Yak - the Bike Friday list. The easiest way it > is to search it with Google's site search. Something like this will work in > a Google Search: > > site:http://store.bikefriday.com/pipermail/yak/ tires > > Or just go to: http://www.axelafa.com/sftp/friday/searchBFArchives.html > > > > San Antonio: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/4750091266/in/set-72157624269374247/ > > L.A. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/4407660253/in/set-72157623557922162/ > > Las Vegas > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/4106964435/in/set-72157622686950471/ > > Bay Area (when it visited Riv) > * > * > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/3331869015/in/set-72157614789355569/ > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/4750091266/in/set-72157624269374247/>I > really like the NWT, though I mostly ride my Quickbeam here in Honolulu, > including centuries and such. I'd love to have a Riv for RAGBRAI but I'm not > doing it single speed and the cost of transporting anything to and from > Hawaii makes a Bike Friday really practical for travel as it's just luggage. > > Aloha! > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:51 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. >> > > > > -- > Robert Harrison > rfharri...@gmail.com > statrix.com > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
