Just curious if this is a true apples to apples comparison. My custom feels maybe a slight bit more plodding, but, my 650b wheels are much heavier than the 700c wheels I was running previously. I had Velocity Fusion on Campy Chorus most recently before converting and now I'm running Soma Weymouth on Deore hubs. Probably gained at least half a pound in wheel weight, plus the non-Ultralight LoupLoup Pass are heavier than the Grand Bois 700x30(32) I was running before. So in my case I have not ever made a true apples to apples comparison with similar wheel and tire weights.
Besides the cush factor, the Compass LoupLoup Pass also last way longer than the Grand Bois did, I was only getting about 750 miles out of a rear tire on the 700x30 but with the 650Bx38. And I do love the cush. So for me, it's worth it. YMMV. I've got the rims and hubs to do a conversion on my Redwood also, but first I am going to run some 700x38 Barlow Pass for a while that I picked up for FREE(!!!!) locally for a while. Sans fenders, of course, as I don't think they'll fit. Should be interesting. -Jim On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Kieran J <kjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll go ahead and be the only voice of dissent. I converted a Ram from > 700x33 to 650bx42 recently, and the handling and general swiftness of the > bike suffered in my opinion. The bike was no longer effortless to > accelerate and just didn't glide nearly as well anymore. I noticed this on > hill approaches particularly, as the bike lost momentum quicker and it took > more effort to spin up. > > My 650b experiments are ongoing and hardly clinical in nature, but the > exercise definitely contributed to solidifying my preference for the > 700x32-38mm range. Naturally, this means relatively higher PSI and lower > "cush factor" but speed and agility is possibly more important to me than a > lusciously compliant ride. I think a lot of people value the cush and may > be prepared to accept a certain degree of compromise to achieve that. > Others have reported little to no loss in performance after the switch. > > It's worth pointing out that I am 6'4" with bikes that can accommodate fat > 700c tires well in proportion. I can certainly imagine riders of average or > small size bikes seeing the advantage in converting a 700x28 bike when > relative wheel proportions could present problems. > > KJ > > > > On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 4:52:23 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Heck, perhaps I should have kept my Ram and converted it to 650B. >> >> I'll be interested to hear further impressions. >> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
