[RBW] Re: Can someone check my wheel size math

2017-06-04 Thread Ray Varella
I'll second what Justin said, nice 650 x 42B ride great as road tires. my 650 bike with 42s vs my lean road bike that carries nothing, both complete the same rides within a bathroom stop of each other. Plus, when you see that dirt road, you can just dive right onto it with your 42s. Ray --

[RBW] Re: Can someone check my wheel size math

2017-06-03 Thread drew
Yeah. Point taken. It was, in my head, an economical "oh I could just use my pretty good road wheel set and then I would only have to buy a heavy duty 650b set and that is only x amount of $$$ blah blah" You guys are right though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[RBW] Re: Can someone check my wheel size math

2017-06-03 Thread dougP
I agree that adjusting brake height seems a lot of trouble, more than you would be willing to do on a casual basis. Think about the fiddling you do now just changing pads once you've got the brakes dialed in. Assuming say 42 mm for off road & 30 mm on road, you're looking at a theoretical