Surely strong and heavier Is better for a rigid bike that will be doing bits of gnar rather than being weight conscious?
The new fork in the salsa is mahoosive plus it's 15mm bolt through I run a 2.35 Nobby NIc about 25psi but I weight nish so sometimes it's me that gets bounced around more than the bike.
Took some go pro footage yesterday from a Hackney GT film & photo shoot in Epping with Geoff Wagh chasing Russ the owner down nice section. See if I can get it uploaded from him, he was on an old FS Rocky Mountain Vertex.
To explain how well a 3" tyre with low pressure rolls would inevitably lead into a wheel size/ fat bike debate and there's plenty of them already however after a few months riding the Krampus I went on my mates Orange Five and the difference is night and day. It didn't roll as well due to the steeper angle I suppose rolling against rocks, the tyres looked stupidly skinny even though they are high volume 2.35s I think, but the suspension made it possible to plough through rocks whereas on a rigid you defo need to pick your line.
Put it this way I got battered on Hagg Farm whereas he cruised it.
However and against all the odds as he always used to take the piss out of my 29er, he understood the attraction and simplicity of it all.
Dunno if its the tyres, wheels, rigidness or overall package but.... And as a man I'm ashamed to say it, I have lost my urge for N+1.
miketually - MemberHe struggled to drive home
This can be avoided by riding home.
Not if you don't drive it can't 😉
[i]my be complete 'small cows' due to the Six Point Bengal Tiger I have partalkekn of tonight[/i] 😆
Oh and rigid rocks, F/S rocks, it;'s all good \m/
sorry I forgot I was on STW which means [s]If I don't point out the exact place im making the question reference to[/s] im wrong
🙂
I was hoping Rorschach was going to come back with a more helpful retort after you cleared up your misunderstanding, but no...
