don
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It seems like there is a lot of 29"er knowledge on this board. I test rode Ron's 29er at IRide up in Stowe last fall and could certainly see the merits of the bigger wheels just on a quick tour of their trails.
I don't have the room in the stable for another bike but as I've been reading about the 650B size it seems like I might be able to get that to work in my old Rhygin.
Does anyone have any experience or thoughts about the 650B size? Does anyone know which rims work? Can you use rim brakes? I'd love something US made to try to get that bike as close to 100% US as possible.
Some threads over on MTBR with guys like Pacenti and Mickey D @ Spooky have good things to say about it. And there have been some interesting conversions to the slightly larger wheel size on current 26" bikes likey the Surly 1x1.
I don't have the room in the stable for another bike but as I've been reading about the 650B size it seems like I might be able to get that to work in my old Rhygin.
Does anyone have any experience or thoughts about the 650B size? Does anyone know which rims work? Can you use rim brakes? I'd love something US made to try to get that bike as close to 100% US as possible.
Some threads over on MTBR with guys like Pacenti and Mickey D @ Spooky have good things to say about it. And there have been some interesting conversions to the slightly larger wheel size on current 26" bikes likey the Surly 1x1.