The quality of the tire can make a huge difference. A 559X60 Big Apple is almost as big as a 622X23 but the two ride much different.
AFAICT, the only reason to convert a 26" wheeled bike to 650B is for the sake of a nice road type tire that you can't find in 559. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > There's no reason a 650B with skinny 38-42 mm tires should ride much > different than a 559 with 2.1" tires because the overall wheel size is > about the same. > > Mongo and I have done numerous 26to650 conversions. Everything from a 1983 > Stumpjumper to a 2007 Santa Cruz Heckler. > > -- > 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. > > > -- __________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS BUILDING COME-ON!! $300 off a $600 resume + letter or Linked In profile package with referral that leads to full price sale! Refer two full-pay clients and you get the package for free! I am not cheap, but I am very good. So they say. http://resumespecialties.com/testimonials.html Patrick Moore, Ph.D, MBA, ACRW, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://resumespecialties.com/index.html * patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- 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.
