A true mountain bike will work better on singletracktrail than one that is not a true mountain bike. A Fargo set up like mine is not a true mountain bike.
Patrick Moore iPhone > On Dec 5, 2013, at 8:02 AM, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Ah, but who's to judge what a "true" mountain bike is? As the late William > Nealy pointed out in his book, "The Mountain Biking Way of Knowledge" (a > must-own for every 'true' mountain biker), the Vietnamese have been riding > bicycles on the Ho Chi Minh trail for decades... and I'm sure these were > Flying Pidgeons, not StumpJumpers. > > I say a bike is defined by how far you're willing to take it. I have a > so-called mountain bike (that frankly sucks as an all-around or commuter)... > it's geared too low and the geometry is best suited for rough terrain at slow > speed, yet I'm sure there are people who ride this same bike to work... so > does that NOT qualify it as a commuter??? > > I say ride the elephant through the forest... go shred on your Hunq. > > Peace, > BB > >> On Thursday, December 5, 2013 8:43:18 AM UTC-5, Brian Campbell wrote: >> I was wondering if anyone was using their Hunq as a "true" mountain bike? By >> which, I mean, no racks, fenders or bags.While it is a very versatile >> frameset, does anyone use theirs only in off road scenarios? If yes, what >> are your thoughts on what it does well and maybe (shudder) what it does not >> do well? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
