This afternoon I spoke to a source inside of Manitou/SUNRingle and shared my hope for them to jump on the 650b movement. Feeling that it would benefit them greatly as many manufactors would use there forks as OEM on the 650b bikes they create around that fork. OEM (Originally Equipment Manufacture) means guaranteed […]

In the Turner booth there was two things of interest.
Full Suspension: The first was the Turner Sultan their 29er bike that is 4″ of travel BUT with 650b wheels on there. After speaking with Greg from Turner I learned that the bike was indeed a Sultan but with a 5 spot chain stay. […]

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This past week Guitar Ted over at our sister site Twenty Nine Inches has been throwing out some thoughts/rants/opinions on 650b, long travel, full suspension bikes. The thoughts/rants/opinions are more about why 29″ long travel bikes are superior but there is a good amount of information on the post.
Here are a few […]

Yesterday I posted the photos and spec charts of the two Haro 650b bikes that will be coming out this summer. There have been many conversations and emails traded between cycling folks and myself.
What are your opinions?
Personally I think it is a valid first offering for a Independent Bicycle Dealer (IBD) to carry. […]

Found this snipit over at RideMonkey. Thanks to MMcG for the information!
The bike pictured is actually a Carver 96er frame, so tire clearance is a little tight - but doable and geometry was dialed in via some adjustmentes to the eccentric bottom bracket.

Per Davis:
Since we use an eccentric BB, we can rotate it to […]