It seems that the geometry is a bit different on the 650b model. Slacker head angle and less fork rake.
I wonder if they sell more of the 700c model in the similar sizes or more of the 650B? ~Mike~ On Jun 15, 5:34 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > My understanding is that the A. Homer Hilsen is now available in 650B > in sizes: 47-50-52-54-56-58 > > and in 700C in sizes: 57-59-61-63-65-67-69-71 > > It says so on the AHH page: > http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/a-homer-hilsen/50-650 > > For the size chart, you just look at the Saluki numbers on their big > pdf. The Saluki and the 650B AHH are the same thing. At least that's > how it has been explained to me. > > On Jun 15, 5:23 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Do they make a 58 650b Hilsen? I thought you could not do that > > conversion becausse the bottom bracket is low already. > > If they did that would be on the my short list too. > > > ~Mike~ > > > On Jun 15, 4:14 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I get 37 cm on my Saluki from center of skewer to underside of headset. > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: William <tapebu...@gmail.com> > > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > > Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 5:28:10 PM > > > Subject: [RBW] Request for a 650B measurement, and a ride report update > > > > First the request for help. Any of you that own a 650B Hilsen or > > > Saluki or Bleriot or Protovelo. Could you please take an approximate > > > measurement of the straigth line distance from the center of the front > > > hub axle to the base of the fork crown race? I want to figure out how > > > close it is to the 365mm length on my current 700C fork. If it's 10mm > > > or so longer than mine that would be perfecto. If it's shorter, that > > > would be bad for my conceptual project. Thanks in advance to whomever > > > can help.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
