II think my Fargo will take 70s/2.75s, if those had existence; it will take 65s with fenders and room. A dimple or two in the chainstays, the fork a wee bit wider and I daresay it would take 3"/76s -- in fact, they might just barely fit as is. And the Q of the XD2/X2D/whatever with a 113 mm bb leaves a good cm+ on each side (one could squeeze the cranks onto a 108, I think) for a Q of ~160 mm.
The point is not the Fargo but the insight it gives into the Hunquapillar: a few tweaks, methinks, could spread it enough to take 3's, and to make this into a really useful bike. (Juuust kidding.) Can you H owners verify -- Deacon? And from my experience, which is sand on 60s-65s, 3" would be pretty darn wide enough for most mortal use. Though I still anticipate with anticipation the visit of Mojo with his Pugsley .... On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:09:21 PM UTC-8, Clayton 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? >> > > Perfect timing. I've had a serious itch to get back to mountain biking now > that I have a car and access to trails. Just this morning I was looking at > the Surly Ogre/Krampus/Pugsley. It would be tough to decide. On the one > hand an Ogre could do double duty as a commuter but I just can't help but > desire the fatness of a Krampus or Pugs which also accepts 29+. And then > there's the ECR... If I really thought I'd put that to good use, I would > likely just go that route. > > Things appear to be falling into place for a 5 day tour this July and if I > have a mountain bike it'll definitely be of the trail/dirt road variety. > Perhaps the OR Outback (http://velodirt.com/). > > Former RBW employee Daniel was recently in Chile touring on a Pugsley: > http://www.whileoutriding.com/bike-talk/where-were-going-we-dont-need-roads > > --mike > > -- > 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. > -- Albuquerque, NM, USA Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ -- 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.
