I'm always glad to see more positive exposure for 650b as well, since I agree that it is only natural to have a prominent size option to fill the relatively huge gap between 559 and 622 in a market where people sweat 1/2-degree ST/HT angle diffs and fraction-of-a-cm top tube and chainstay increments. I just hope there continue to be good 650b rims for those of us who don't race and prefer rim-brakes.
-Matt On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:13:43 PM UTC-4, John Speare wrote: > > Agreed, I’m looking forward to: > > - That same 40mm knobbie > > - Better selection of XC-style sus forks for 584 (heresy on this > list, I know!) > > > > > > > > *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *William > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:04 AM > *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [RBW] Re: 650b ... the next wave. > > > > The speculation is that there have been carbon tubular 650c rims in the > Tri-community for years, and mountain tubulars to fit same, for years. > That's been common in the mountain bike racing community. Not dominant, > but not unheard of. It's obviously possible that DT swiss made a 584 > prototype, and that Dugast made a tire to fit it. > > > > I don't have any first hand info on any of this. I ride 584 with fervor, > and am committed to the wheelsize. The fact that the industry will be > making a push to bring it into the mainstream is great in my book. It's > hard to predict how it'll make my life more convenient. At least it will > mean more shops will stock the tubes and the spokes that I may need. Since > most of the new wave of bikes will have disc brakes, we may not see a lot > of rims for the rest of us. Besides tubes and spokes, the next thing I'm > hoping for is a ~40mm knobby, like a 650B cyclocross tire. That would be > kind of fun. > > On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:49:23 AM UTC-7, Patrick in VT wrote: > > On Mar 20, 12:56 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's rampant speculation that Nino's bike isn't 650B at all. It's > far > > more likely that it's 650C. Who cares between 571 and 584? Nobody > among > > the converted. It's just now that the mainstream is about to launch a > > bunch of 584 mountain bikes, they want to claim that 584 wins races, > even > > if Nino's bike isn't 584. > > why would it be 650c? that doesn't make any sense. DT swiss has > confirmed that they're working on 650b wheels and it would make sense > that Nino was on prototypes (his whole bike was a prototype). Given > the cost of prototyping everything - and the positive feedback from > guys like Nino - I think it's a pretty good indication that DT and > Scott will probably throw their hat in the 650b ring. why one-off a > 650c bike? > > > On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:49:23 AM UTC-7, Patrick in VT wrote: > > On Mar 20, 12:56 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's rampant speculation that Nino's bike isn't 650B at all. It's > far > > more likely that it's 650C. Who cares between 571 and 584? Nobody > among > > the converted. It's just now that the mainstream is about to launch a > > bunch of 584 mountain bikes, they want to claim that 584 wins races, > even > > if Nino's bike isn't 584. > > why would it be 650c? that doesn't make any sense. DT swiss has > confirmed that they're working on 650b wheels and it would make sense > that Nino was on prototypes (his whole bike was a prototype). Given > the cost of prototyping everything - and the positive feedback from > guys like Nino - I think it's a pretty good indication that DT and > Scott will probably throw their hat in the 650b ring. why one-off a > 650c bike? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/dKJS7_A6wCcJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/vr5m4YHGd5IJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
