Well I don't have any feedback to give you, but I wanted to let you know you're not alone in these musings. I was seriously toying with the idea - and almost posting the same question - about my Quickbeam a few months ago. Then the whole "Simplebeam" project got proposed and I decided to hold-off.
There ARE a few quickbeam 650b conversions out there. At least two on Cyclofiend - one being Rich from Rivendells' personal bike. I think that one was featured in a Reader at some point, too. But the thing that the available images of those bikes fail to show is what it gains you in terms of clearance for fatter rubber - which, for me, would be the entire point. It seems to me that the critical clearance area (and therefore, limiter of potential gains) will be the "width" at the chainstays. Would a 650b tire somehow end up in the "notch" better than a 700c tire? If so, would your ability to utilize different gear options be restricted? I hope some others will chime in here. *What would be really great (maybe you can do this yourself, Justin?) would be to simply put a 650b wheel in a frame and take some snapshots and measurements, and share them!* If it DOES allow a significantly fatter tire, then I'm definitely going to do it. My frame is trashed and could use a paint job anyway and, without a wider tire option, I'm really struggling to find the love for it. Despite the fact that it fits me better than any bike I own, it's the one I'm least likely to want to ride. On Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:43:53 PM UTC-7, justin...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey folks- > I love Hetres. I just do. I also love my SimpleOne. I really don't want to > ditch it. But to get the Cush I want involves HUGE tires that give my > SimpleOne weird wobbles. (S-word?) what's the sanity check on moving those > posts? I'm local to Bilenky so I can have the best do both brazing and > painting. Is this nuts? Will it destroy the ride of the S1? My other > conversion went fantastically and love my Saluki. Am I just suffering > cabin fever? > > > -J > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
