The speculation is that there have been carbon tubular 650c rims in the Tri-community for years, and mountain tubulars to fit same, for years. That's been common in the mountain bike racing community. Not dominant, but not unheard of. It's obviously possible that DT swiss made a 584 prototype, and that Dugast made a tire to fit it.
I don't have any first hand info on any of this. I ride 584 with fervor, and am committed to the wheelsize. The fact that the industry will be making a push to bring it into the mainstream is great in my book. It's hard to predict how it'll make my life more convenient. At least it will mean more shops will stock the tubes and the spokes that I may need. Since most of the new wave of bikes will have disc brakes, we may not see a lot of rims for the rest of us. Besides tubes and spokes, the next thing I'm hoping for is a ~40mm knobby, like a 650B cyclocross tire. That would be kind of fun. On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:49:23 AM UTC-7, Patrick in VT wrote: > > On Mar 20, 12:56 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's rampant speculation that Nino's bike isn't 650B at all. It's > far > > more likely that it's 650C. Who cares between 571 and 584? Nobody > among > > the converted. It's just now that the mainstream is about to launch a > > bunch of 584 mountain bikes, they want to claim that 584 wins races, > even > > if Nino's bike isn't 584. > > why would it be 650c? that doesn't make any sense. DT swiss has > confirmed that they're working on 650b wheels and it would make sense > that Nino was on prototypes (his whole bike was a prototype). Given > the cost of prototyping everything - and the positive feedback from > guys like Nino - I think it's a pretty good indication that DT and > Scott will probably throw their hat in the 650b ring. why one-off a > 650c bike? On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:49:23 AM UTC-7, Patrick in VT wrote: > > On Mar 20, 12:56 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's rampant speculation that Nino's bike isn't 650B at all. It's > far > > more likely that it's 650C. Who cares between 571 and 584? Nobody > among > > the converted. It's just now that the mainstream is about to launch a > > bunch of 584 mountain bikes, they want to claim that 584 wins races, > even > > if Nino's bike isn't 584. > > why would it be 650c? that doesn't make any sense. DT swiss has > confirmed that they're working on 650b wheels and it would make sense > that Nino was on prototypes (his whole bike was a prototype). Given > the cost of prototyping everything - and the positive feedback from > guys like Nino - I think it's a pretty good indication that DT and > Scott will probably throw their hat in the 650b ring. why one-off a > 650c bike? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/dKJS7_A6wCcJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
