I've not read the gravel bike threads because I don't have a subscription to the NY times that will let me read that article , so I might be missing something. Like Ted, I've just always interpreted that term to be a marketing effort by the mainstream bike industry (and adjacent industries, like media publishing) to re-quoin and popularize the "all-rounder" or "country bike" or "hybrid" or "monster-cross" or "all-road" concept, or what most of the people on this list simply call a "bicycle." I think there's an argument that the very first 650b-specific bike in the era of that wheel size's modern resurgence - the Saluki - WAS a gravel bike.
With disc brake-equipped bikes, couldn't most any gravel-labeled bike with adequate tire clearance and a reasonably high bottom bracket be converted to 650b? To me, that flexibility has always been the single best argument for disc brakes in the first place. For mainstream manufacturers, low bottom brackets (that might otherwise make conversion a bad idea) are still rare because of fear of liability or complaints of riders getting pedal strikes while attempting to pedal through a turn. On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 10:06:34 PM UTC-6 Robert Tilley wrote: > Black Mountain Cycles new Mod-Zero frame can be set up with 650B. Tires > max out at 2.25” with that wheel size. A A29er setup would max out at 2”. > > [image: DSC09104.jpg] > > Mod Zero <https://blackmtncycles.com/mod-zero-2/> > blackmtncycles.com <https://blackmtncycles.com/mod-zero-2/> > <https://blackmtncycles.com/mod-zero-2/> > > > Robert Tilley > San Diego, CA > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 1, 2023, at 1:47 PM, George Schick <bhi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There has been a lot of discussion about "gravel bikes" on this blog > lately, but has there been any consideration given to a 650B gravel bike, > so to speak? IOW, are there any bikes set up like a 650B and with > available "gravel accommodating" tires available? Maybe I've missed > something in the discussion threads, but I can't recall seeing this. > > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b7a8ff2c-8657-40c4-845e-a0a3416bed20n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b7a8ff2c-8657-40c4-845e-a0a3416bed20n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a768b6e6-41e4-496e-acf4-7e7e36aafcc3n%40googlegroups.com.
