My bike is an older custom that had 700x28 on it when I got it used in 2005/6. Probably designed around 700x28 for the original owner. I had been running Grand Bois Cypress 700x32 for a while but with minimal brake clearance.
I took it on a post-conversion 130 mile shakedown ride yesterday and handling seems to be unaltered. I even pedaled around a u-turn on a narrow road and didn't suffer a pedal strike, which I had been worried about. I was running Nifty Swifties which are labeled as 650b x "32.8 mm or so". I also installed P45 cream long boards that I got from Rivendell. Those were not depicted in the images in the thread starter. It was wonderful to have the fenders as temperatures hovered in the mid to upper 30s with intermittent drizzle all day. Not exactly chamber of commerce weather for Central Texas. For me, running fatter tires with fenders is the whole reason I did the conversion in the first place. So far I am pretty happy with it. I will try wider tires still when I get around to it. I have some Pacenti Pari-motos waiting in the garage, 650b x 38. I'm pretty sure those and the 42s also will fit. I may have cut the fender stays a bit short but I'm sure spare parts are available. On Nov 24, 2013 6:33 PM, "dougP" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim: > > So you took a 700c wheeled bike & converted to 650b? Ignoring the tires > for the moment, doesn't that lower everything 19 mm? What effect does it > have on the handling? I've read about picking a wheel size & designing a > bike around that, so this seems a radical change. OTH, people have been > converting 80s era bikes to 650 with good result. How did you know this > was going to work? > > dougP > > On Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:33:39 PM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: >> >> https://plus.google.com/photos/110759113894226395434/ >> albums/5948811384486030177 >> >> Hopefully link works. Set to public. >> >> Cream SKS Long boards are on the way from Rivendell. But the rest of it >> is mostly complete. Yes, I realize the saddle looks terrible, but it still >> works ;) >> >> New Components >> Handspun 650b wheelset synergy/deore LX, front dynohub >> 11-30 HG50 cassette 9sp >> SRAM PC971 chain >> Sugino XD600 46-36-26 >> UN-55 bottom bracket 68x113 >> DuraAce BS77 9 speed bar ends >> Tektro R559 brakes >> VP Pedals >> Kneesavers >> Bar tape >> Cables >> >> Reused >> Frame >> Fork >> Handlebars >> Tektro brake levers >> Stem >> Saddle >> Seatpost >> Campy Chorus polished rear derailer >> Campy Racing -T polished front derailer >> Electronic goodies (not mounted in pics) >> Topeak Trunk bag (not mounted in pics) >> Bento bag >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
