Another brake alternative, since you have Pauls on there, is to go with the Paul Motolites, then slide the pads higher up the arm.
Crown, bridge, and stays are fine, since you're ruling out fenders. Hetres should be close enough to the Rumpkins; my Hetres measure at 41, my Rumpkins at 40... On Friday, March 22, 2013 2:26:09 PM UTC-4, jinxed wrote: > > I've thought about it several times but never followed up until now! > > Every time my buddy and I get together we make mention of throwing his > 650b wheelset in my AR to see what we see. Well I finally just called him > up and told him I was coming over. > > I took my set of Fatty Rumpkin tires that I loved but had been hanging in > the garage without a bike to fit. We mounted them up and got our test fit > on. > > I have to say...I got SUPER excited about this. I rode my Bleriot all over > the place shod with these FR's and they felt darn good in both rough dirt > and smooth trails. It was my first and best foray into the 650b thing. > > Brakes will be a non issue. We checked an old set of Shimano cantis that > would be just fine, though the Tektro Oryx will be a little cleaner and > should set up juuuust fine! Considering I never have need to run fenders, > I'm left with oodles of clearance on the 42mm Rumpkins, and I'm a little > giddy that I could even try some some Hetres! > > Take a look...I think she looks natural wearing 650b no? > > PROFILE<http://www.flickr.com/photos/42027576@N00/8580929644/in/photostream/lightbox/> > > FORK<http://www.flickr.com/photos/42027576@N00/8579830707/in/photostream/lightbox/> > > BRIDGE<http://www.flickr.com/photos/42027576@N00/8580930082/in/photostream/lightbox/> > > STAYS<http://www.flickr.com/photos/42027576@N00/8580930122/in/photostream/lightbox/> > -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
