Anne, You asked how big a tire the 26" Atlantis takes. My early model Atlantis has 70mm of clearance at the narrowest spot (the chainstays). I would think that would mean you could run 60mm tires or about 2.25". However note that many tires are quite a bit smaller than they advertise, for instance the tires I run on the Atlantis are Schwalbe Kojak 26x2" (559-50) and actually measures 44mm on Maverick rims. Knobbies on the other hand can stick out past the casing width, so sometimes it's trial and error.
-Dave J On Thursday, February 27, 2014 1:34:49 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: > > I've asked this before, but how wide tires does a 26" Atlantis take? I'm > skeptical mine would take anything wider than 2.1. > > People do the Divide on touring bikes. It works. But if you read the > journals of people on touring bikes, you see them taking paved detours a > lot. > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Hugh Smitham > <hughs...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> The ride the divide is awesome. I think the Atlantis could be used for >> that ride running 2.1 or larger tires. But I'd do it on a more leisurely >> pace not to compete. >> >> >> > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- 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.
