I did a conversion on my road bike, and loved the road feel, but I did have a drop issue that made it way easier to scrape pedals. I had planned on running 650x38B but the Pari motos rubbed the insides of my fork crown. So I had to go with Maxy Fasty's and those dropped me lower than I'd wanted.
The experiment resulted in me buying a new 650B bike to fit my wheelset. I switched my road bike back to 700C and now have four bikes one light and one heavy for each wheelsize. I think that's ideal. Be warned that your $500 experiment in wheels and brakes might result in a big money bike purchase. On Oct 11, 2:47 pm, bicitourist <ejro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi I'm tempted to convert my custom 700c to 650b (not a riv but riv-e- > nized with a lugged stem/nitto racks/baggins). I'm a bigger guy at > 6ft 215lbs and i love riding mixed terrain. This is my main motivator > for making the swap although, I must admit that reading certain > magazines has got me wanting to drink from the 650b kool-aid every 3 > months. My frame is 63cm and from crank to floor is about 275m so i > don't think drop will be an issue. i've never really ridden 650B and > fear the unknown. I was curious if anyone else had regretted the swap? > Thanks in advance! > > "ed-has the day off any is deciding to change up the stable" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
