Maybe putting on narrower tires. The ECR is designed for 3" wide tires and still have a low-ish bottom bracket. At least one early review stated putting 2.4" tires made the bottom bracket too low for some off-road riding.
Was really tempted on the ECR. Went for an Ogre. Less expensive and will be able to run tires from about 47mm to 2.3/2.4" without a problem. Okay, and I really wanted that green color. FWIW, the rumor around here is Surly looks at the ECR as what they would have done with the Fargo adventure bike. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sometimes close enough is good enough. What could you do on the > hypothetical Riv that you couldn't do on the ECR? > > Eric "taking my new Krampus out for its first ride in about an hour" Daume > Dublin, OH > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Clayton <treefir...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I have a serious drool going over the Surly ECR 29+ off road camping >> bike. Now, if Rivendell made such a bike, I would absolutely have to sell >> everything I own and get one. Hint Hint Grant? >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
