650b.com took delivery of a new Ventana El Bastardo frame about a month ago.  With the help of Kirk Pacenti with the loan of a XFusion Velvet R fork I was able to build up this fine steed.

The end of February I some how found my way at a frame builders site under the name Shamrock Cycles. The man behind it, Tim O’Donnell, and I traded many emails. I asked many questions, about wheels, about rides, his lovely bikes and seeing that he was building a full suspension 650b bike around […]

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. […]

SixfiftyB has picked up a new frameset in the geared form. Steel is still real so when I stumbled across the fact that the Salsa Ala Carte could handle 650b tires I knew it was something needed.

It was a good thing this frame came in house this past week as the SUNRingle wheels I […]

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 […]

As I mentioned before in my Handmade Passion post I have been working with Ezra of Fast Boy for my newest ride. We have been hammering out the details for about a month trying to get everything dialed in before the build process started.
Fast Boy Cycles is a very new company. He […]