I think your decision is a wise one. I have a dedicated winter bike, Trek Portland that I turned into a single speed with 700 x 35mm Winter Marathons. This year I decided I was going back to gears, so it has been converted into a 9 speed (originally it was 10 speed). It even fits fenders. Three things are a must for me in my winter climate, disk brakes, studded tires and fenders. In Toronto we can have extremes, today it is icy, next week we can get a dumping of snow and when it starts to melt, it just gets messy. Parts will wear out quicker over the winter but will be replaced when needed. I do have a Rivendell Sam but I would never use it in the winter for a myriad of reasons, the first being it is too nice to see snow.
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:23:40 AM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Shoji, Addison, > > My thoughts are right aligned with your suggestions, the XO-3 is going to > be set up SS/Fixed with a Eno Eccentric hub. It would take the 26x1.75 > Marathon Winters, perhaps the 2" version in the front. I'm going to look > for some to order tonight! > > Tony > > -- 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.
