That's good to hear about the 'budget' Jones frameset and the Schwalbe Super Motos. I'd love to see pictures of your bike. It sounds like a beautiful stealth speedster.
I have a lot of fun riding with the lunchtime crowd on bikes that *look* like they're hugely disadvantaged, but actually are secretly speedy, like the Quickbeam and the Gravel Roadster (60mm Big Apples). "Heavy" frames, fat tires, lack of gears, sometimes. Do you know if the Super Moto tires are tubeless-able? My Big Apples wouldn't seat (way too floppy), but the fat Marathon Supremes mounted up easily. The Supremes just aren't nearly as fun a tire. Philip www.biketinker.com On Monday, February 24, 2014 3:43:04 PM UTC-8, hobie wrote: > > Just spoke to Jeff about THE LONE RANGER. He wouldn't tell me if it's > happening. I think it will. I own one of his Diamond frames w. unicrown > fork. Possibly the most comfortable bike I've ever ridden. It's also a > super fast road bike, great do it all frameset. Use it with a Knard up > front for mtn. biking. Crawls over a lot of stuff. I really like BIG > TIRES!!!! The Schwalbe Super Motos are stellar! Super bike! The Motos just > power down the road. Regarding the ECR's low BB, you could go to a shorter > crank set, say 165mm XT. > > On Sunday, February 16, 2014 5:05:04 PM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha > Cyclery wrote: >> >> I understand the drool factor. I don't drool for Rivs like I used to, but >> I get it. I also understand that Surly doesn't go to great lengths to add >> visual pizzazz to their frames. Their beauty is in brilliant ideas and >> engineering...things they don't even market, like the Disc Trucker rear >> dropout, which is the smartest vertical dropout ever. >> >> Anyway, here's a 29+ that might be more drool-inducing from the Rivish >> standpoint. >> http://www.jonesbikes.com/?option=com_wordpress&lang=en&p=2828&Itemid=58 >> > -- 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.
