On 03/17/2017 11:06 AM, Tony DeFilippo wrote:
The Saluki design of 650B at all frame sizes no longer aligns to Riv's philosophy of matching wheel sizes to frame sizes... At one point they were offering to send you either AHH or Saluki decals and head badge on the tweener sized frames though.
I understand that is the philosophy. What I fail to see is any advantage to it. What matters really is rotational inertia. You feel that in the handling. And when you expand the diameter to retain a near-constant rotational inertia you have to reduce the tire width or find another way to reduce the weight of the wheel plus tire. Aesthetics are in the eye of the beholder, obviously (otherwise, how could people claim that the look of today's racing bikes is attractive?) but in my opinion any claim that a 650B wheel looks "too small" on a 60 cm frame are purely bogus; and I can't help but wonder why the people who claim that don't also advocate a larger wheel than 622 for taller road racers.
I love how the 60cm frame can wear 42mm tires and not feel tall.
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