[CR]Why 650B?

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

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From: "Jon Spangler" <hudsonspangler@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:22:28 -0800
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
cc: Jerry Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [CR]Why 650B?

Jerry and all,

Your post brings to mind an issue I've never been able to understand very well: why are there so many wheel diameters and and tire sizes within such a small range? It's almost overwhelming.

What makes a 650B wheel superior to a 700C or a 26" MTB wheel? Why would one want a 650B bike instead of a 26" wheeled one? The differences in rim diameter seem so small as to be insignificant, but I know lots of 650B fans here on CR and elsewhere.

Thanks in advance for this discussion.

Jon Spangler (who is off to Mac World Expo in San Francisco after this post to get help with our "vintage" Apple G4 desktop computers from 2001-2003. They might as well be 1912 Pierce Racers... :-)

Alameda, CA USA

On Jan 7, 2009, at 6:17 AM, <classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org> <classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org> wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:01:52 -0800
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> Don't know about the Trek, but another nice thing about the World
> Voyageur is it has a high BB that lends itself nicely to a 650B
> conversion. I converted my World Voyageur to 650B because it was
> just a little too tall with 27" wheels, but the result was so nice
> that I picked up another World Voyageur that would fit me with 27"
> wheels, but I may convert to 650B anyway.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>

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