on 5/2/11 8:51 PM, Leslie at leslie.bri...@gmail.com wrote: > Okay, this evening I was bouncing through old tunes I liked on > YouTube, and happened back across an earlier bicycle video of Danny > MacAskill from a couple of years ago that I'd really enjoyed (with a > cool tune), but that led to a newer video from him I'd not yet seen > before... > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw&feature=fvwrel > > So that began my current pondering... what Rivendell would be what > you'd want to use if you were trying stuff like this? Would you want > a Bombadil or a Hunqapillar, or would that be too heavy? Would a > mixte be a better choice? Perhaps a Betty Foy w/ a trimmed down seat- > tube?
Wow. Yeah. If. ;^) IF I had those skills, which I most decidedly do not, I wouldn't hesitate to run any of the Riv frames. My guess would be that you would go through more wheelsets than anything. But, steel, mmmmmmm.... perfect for serious, repeated stresses. Of course, I'd have to veer from the teachings in that I'd want the smallest frame I could get my hands on, with the clearance for the largest possible tires. Disc brakes wouldn't be an option, so I'd want something that took canti's (and would have to go back to the old trailsin' trick of tarring the rims for extra sticky). I'd think the best tire size to use would be a 26", as that's where you are going to find the big round profiles which give all that pavement slapping goodness when you are running 10-15 lbs o' pressure. So, I think you are looking at an Atlantis. Oh....and the technique that Danny has. ;^) - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com "'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary handlebars, grinning indulgently, eyeing Tom's helmet. Double disbeleif: not one, but two grown Americans riding bicycles." -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" -- 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.
