Ron Lau did this conversion back during the first wave of 650b conversions about 5 years ago. He was very enthusiastic about the outcome, which I paid attention to due to having a 1996 A/R with 26ers. At the time I was a little unhappy with it, but putting my favorite saddle on that bike and Pasela 26 x 1.25s made me happy enough that I never pursued the conversion. I think mine would fit 650b x 38s with fenders...
The other reason I did not pursue the conversion was the very low-rake fork and concerns about ending up with huge trail, but from Ron's ride reports this wasn't very noticeably different. I think that Ron's bike is still on the 650B conversion site. On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:26 PM, jinxed <hbcl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've thought about it several times but never followed up until now! > > Every time my buddy and I get together we make mention of throwing his 650b > wheelset in my AR to see what we see. Well I finally just called him up and > told him I was coming over. > > I took my set of Fatty Rumpkin tires that I loved but had been hanging in the > garage without a bike to fit. We mounted them up and got our test fit on. > > I have to say...I got SUPER excited about this. I rode my Bleriot all over > the place shod with these FR's and they felt darn good in both rough dirt and > smooth trails. It was my first and best foray into the 650b thing. > > Brakes will be a non issue. We checked an old set of Shimano cantis that > would be just fine, though the Tektro Oryx will be a little cleaner and > should set up juuuust fine! Considering I never have need to run fenders, I'm > left with oodles of clearance on the 42mm Rumpkins, and I'm a little giddy > that I could even try some some Hetres! > > Take a look...I think she looks natural wearing 650b no? > > PROFILE > > FORK > > BRIDGE > > STAYS > -- > 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-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
