Originally Posted by
Ozonation
Thanks... I'd probably put on Big Apples given that the roads here are awful.
By the way... I saw a used Origins 8 Bully for sale on eBay... and then it disappeared.
well the big apples would be a bit lighter than the hookworms which are over 700 grams a piece
. sucks about the bully, I do love mine (as I am sure you know by now) I saw one on ebay a few months back,maybe last year, and mentioned it on the forums, was hoping someone here got it but who knows.
Originally Posted by
Ozonation
Actually, you bring up another point with your reference to the Xootr and particularly the Montague that I almost forgot about... my parents and inlaws live in interior BC, and one day - who knows when - I'd like to try some of the rails-to-trails and maybe some of the lighter duty trails around. I only visit once every year or two, so buying a bike and leaving it there would be a bit of a waste. About year-and-a-half ago, I asked on this forum about portable MTB style bikes.
So, based on that, the Montague or Jack came up as potential bikes. One forum member (in the UK I think) gave some pretty good examples about how she used her Jack on a lot of travels and gravel roads.
I have been harboring a desire to build up another set of wheels for the bullly with some knobby bmx tires and get a pair of mtb cranks to swap in for some off road mini-mtb action but I don't know how feasible that would be in practice, maybe I will just try to import a Kuwahara GAAP some time in the future.