Originally Posted by
fender1
This is it here:
http://ravn.rawlandcycles.com/
The idea came from Jan's riding of the Oregon Outback. He said that his 42mm 650b tires tended to sink in soft, sandy, soil and that a wider tire would float a bit more on that surface type. In addition, lots of people are now riding non-paved roads and this allows them to use an exisitng frame type if they want to. Grab that old steel Trek 950 and throw some of these on the bike and take off. You can ride to the regular road to the non-paved road without the knobby-tire-on road penatly. I would love to try these at some point.
Why get worked up about what the "intent" is? I welcome lots of new things to try. You never know, they might just be better than what you currently have. They might not but why feel threatened?
Yeah. I keep coming back to that page and thinking: I want one.
Created my own last Fall from a dump find '86 Trek 830 Antelope frameset and Maxxis Hookworm 26 X 2.5 tires (about 63mm). I must admit it is fun to ride at about 25-30 psi. Is it the fat, mostly smooth tires? I don't know. Could be.
