Bosco Rubbe wheel size
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Joe Bernard
Jan 10, 2012, 10:12:21 PM1/10/12
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Can anyone confirm that it's 650b? It looks that way, but I can't find a reference to it.
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
Geoff
Jan 11, 2012, 8:42:18 AM1/11/12
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Hi Joe,
I took the Bosco Rubbe for a very short spin, when my wife and I went by to pick up some items we snagged from the sale. I was paying most of my attention to how it rode, those cool asymmetric stays, and the NewBar. While I can't say for sure(since I didn't make a mental checkpoint of the wheel size), I'm thinking it was 700c...simply because it felt kind of similar(slightly different, yet still familiar) to my Hunqapillar. Grant and I are fairly close in physical height and pbh, so his bike's size is the same as mine.
René Sterental
Jan 11, 2012, 9:06:09 AM1/11/12
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I also took it for a little test ride and believe its 700c.
René
René
grant
Jan 11, 2012, 11:07:25 AM1/11/12
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Right now there are four sizes designed, but we may eliminated the
smally, because nobody (not literally) ever (not literally) buys small
bikes, and it's too costly for us to (in that case):
50.7 650B
54.3, 58.7, 61.7 700C
The wheel size is driven by the frame design and clearances required.
Usually, a 650B wheel beats a 700C when the 700C encroaches on the
metal, and since the location of the metal trumps wheel size, the
wheel has to shrink. But in BR or RB or NewSecretName's case (won't be
"Big Wampum" or "Big Wigwam" or ...even "Custer's Bane"), the longness
of the bike separates the metal from the rubber enough to allow 700C.
This isn't a move away from 650B, which is still the best choice
sometimes, lotsa times.
On Jan 10, 7:12 pm, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone confirm that it's 650b? It *looks* that way, but I can't find a
smally, because nobody (not literally) ever (not literally) buys small
bikes, and it's too costly for us to (in that case):
50.7 650B
54.3, 58.7, 61.7 700C
The wheel size is driven by the frame design and clearances required.
Usually, a 650B wheel beats a 700C when the 700C encroaches on the
metal, and since the location of the metal trumps wheel size, the
wheel has to shrink. But in BR or RB or NewSecretName's case (won't be
"Big Wampum" or "Big Wigwam" or ...even "Custer's Bane"), the longness
of the bike separates the metal from the rubber enough to allow 700C.
This isn't a move away from 650B, which is still the best choice
sometimes, lotsa times.
On Jan 10, 7:12 pm, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone confirm that it's 650b? It *looks* that way, but I can't find a
Frank
Jan 11, 2012, 2:37:14 PM1/11/12
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Dearth-o'nines pricing countervailed by slew-o'primes fractional sizing. Unexpected.
Joe Bernard
Jan 11, 2012, 3:04:53 PM1/11/12
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I hope we see at least one small run of the 50.7/650b for us short people.
Joe "got no reason" Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
Geoff
Jan 11, 2012, 3:20:12 PM1/11/12
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I hope we see at least one small run of the 50.7/650b for us short people.
Joe, my wife would certainly agree with you on that. ;)
Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
Jan 11, 2012, 6:11:56 PM1/11/12
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I'm sure RBW would be happy to take your pre-orders and deposits for small frames!
Joe Bernard
Jan 11, 2012, 8:01:39 PM1/11/12
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It'd be interesting to know if pre-order/deposit could get a particular size made. They build some other production models to order, so maybe..
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