Wow thanks for the responses.
Mike I want the Schwalbe's to thwart the goat heads when I go with you fellows on mixed terrain rides. I plan on using the hetres for most of my riding, tour, commute, ect…I also plan on having another wheel set built by Rich in the distant future, wife has needs tooJ I would purchase the Schwalbe’s today if Riv had them, talked to them today and they won’t have any till mid March! Ironically, when I was having the bike built it was spec’d with the Marathons and I instead supplied the Hetres, oh the humanity. I asked Mark and he confirmed my suspicion that they have a limited number of the Marathon 650b’ reserved for builds. So I’ve been looking elsewhere. The Sheldon Brown site which I posted an excerpt from states that the 26 x 1 ½ is equivalent to a 650b which is 584mm. I realize that you can’t use a decimal equivalent in place of a fractional. I have yet to find anyone on the web selling this size. So I am now entrenched in the 650b world and all it peculiarities. Hugh Sunland, Ca On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:55:53 PM UTC-8, Mike Schiller wrote: > > Hugh, that is the equivalent size to ERTO 584mm. The Schwalbe's are very > durable but most feel they ride very "dead" compared to the Hetres you've > been riding. Perhaps a better tire is the Soma B-line. Unless you want the > reflective stripe of the Schwalbe's. > > ~mike > > On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:49:09 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: >> >> Hey new to the 650b size. Went to SB web site and found this sizing >> equivalent for the french utility size. >> >> 26 x 1 1/2 (650B)584 mmFrench <http://sheldonbrown.com/velos.html> utility, >> tandem and loaded-touring bikes, >> a very few Raleigh (U.S.) & Schwinn mountain bikes. >> So if I purchased a Schwalbe Marathon wire GreenGuard HS420 in 26x1 1/2 >> it should work right? Just want to be sure before I pull the trigger. >> Thanks in advance for holding my hand :) >> >> Hugh >> Sunland, Ca >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
