There are many decisions that need to be made for my upcoming custom 650b project. I have researched, asked builders tons of questions and been looking at various geometry specs. In the end I need to ride a 650b wheel bike often. Which is very hard as I can’t go demo one […]

From what I gathered across the Bare Knuckle blog there is a very sweet 650b ZR Cycles floating around that was built late last summer.

The build looks solid - Shimano XTR drive train, Hope headset and hubs, Rock Shox Reba fork, slick Avid Black Box levers and BB7 disc brakes. Heavy Mettle tubes […]

As I am in the works of creating my own custom 650b I’ve been searching out those builds and frames that have already gone down the path. Looking at the angles, fitting, what forks people have used and loved or hated. I’m learning a lot from google, blogs, custom builder gallery’s and […]

While stumbling around around the interweb tonight I found an interesting Q&A with William Ostrem of Northern Letter and Sean Virnig of Rawland Cycles.

The part that intrigued me the most about the answers that Sean was giving was this :
Bill: My wheels [on my Surly] are 700C, I think. Why would I change to 650B?
Eric: […]

Hayes Bicycle Group’s blog has posted up compatibility of their various forks with the Panaracer 650b x 2.3 tire.
(Photos and info were borrowed from the above blog.)
Manitou Minute (non-29er):
Clearance to casting = 3.41 mm
Clearance to crown = 1.06 mm

Manitou Minute 29er:
Clearance to casting = 6.50 mm
Clearance to crown = 16.89 mm

Manitou R7:
Clearance to casting […]

You’re chance to win a Pacenti 650b. Ride a bike built by the man behind the wheelsize.

Pacenti 650B Mountain Bike Raffle
Presented by Pacenti Cycle Design
Chattanooga, TN
Monday, December 10, 2007 to Monday, March 10, 2008
Online Registration Closes
Sunday, March 09, 2008 at 8:00 AM ET
 

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