Yep, I forgot to precede my declarative statement with an appropriate: In My Opinion. It is my opinion that the 700c bikes with the most BB drop of any 700c bikes are not-as-good 650B candidates as 700c bikes with less drop. Many people convert those bikes anyway and many of those people report being perfectly content with it. Some complain about pedal strike (not all). Some just love the elimination of toe-clip overlap. Some complain about dealing with brake reach issues (not all).
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 10:17:00 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Your 700C Hilsen has too much BB drop for a 650B conversion. Your Hilsen > has 80mm of drop, among the most drop of any bike ever made. If you went > to 650B x 42, you would most likely find it objectionably easy to scrape > your pedals when leaning. If you went to 650Bx50, you could correct the > pedal scrape issue, but your frame doesn't have clearances for that kind of > tire. Furthermore, you already have one of the longest reach brakesets on > your bike and you'd need an additional 19mm of reach. > > Rivendells that come stock with 700xskinny have a lot less BB drop, and > are pretty good 650B candidates. Rambouillet, Road Standard, etc. > > 700c Atlantis, 700c Hilsen, 700c Bombadil, 700c Hunqapillar, all those > have a ton of drop, and for that reason are sub-optimal for 650B. > > On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 9:53:58 AM UTC-7, ant ritchey wrote: >> >> anyone play around with swapping out the 700's for 650's? >> >> i've got a big (65) waterford AHH, some tektro long reach and paul racers >> layin' around. >> >> currently not a 650b wheel in the house to throw in there so i'm bringing >> my curio to thee list. >> >> any info much appreciated! >> > -- 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/d/optout.
