On May 12, 1:33 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com
wrote:
The discussion about the new Pacenti 650B tires momentarily ventured
into commentary on the future of 650B. I thought this was worth a
discussion of its own.
It can be interesting to try to predict the future.
Two or
My take, having just bought my first 650b bike, is that there will
always be *something* available. We can still get a nice range of
freewheels, what, 20 years after Trek stopped spec'ing them?
650b was always a niche market in a niche market. I've been in those
kinds of spaces my whole
We can still get a nice range of freewheels, what, 20 years after Trek
stopped spec'ing them?
But Freewheels made up a much larger percentage of the market than
650B ever did.
The more apt comparison is VHS and Beta. You can still get both, but
VHS is much easier to find than Beta.
On May
Huh?! That must have been a very, very recent issue. 650b road
options have blossomed since the Riv Reader first mentioned 650b.
No this was several years ago, when the Saluki/Wilbury/Glorius/Bleriot
650B bikes were first being discussed. Grant mentioned several 650B
tires apparently available
Actually, when one of our VHS players broke, recently, I couldn't find
a replacement at Best Buy, Sears, or Target, except for more-expensive
($100) dual-purpose machines that combine tape and DVD.
Nick
On May 12, 12:35 pm, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
We can still get a nice range
On May 12, 12:46 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
Huh?! That must have been a very, very recent issue. 650b road
options have blossomed since the Riv Reader first mentioned 650b.
No this was several years ago, when the Saluki/Wilbury/Glorius/Bleriot
650B bikes
Actually, when one of our VHS players broke, recently, I couldn't find
a replacement at Best Buy, Sears, or Target, except for more-expensive
($100) dual-purpose machines that combine tape and DVD.
I was thinking more the aftermarket. Just as there are many NOS or
otherwise workable
No? Here are the 584mm road tires consumers have available now:
To Jim's point, I recently was in the market for a 40 hole 650b rim.
I did not find any current makes. Fortunately, Jan Heine had one NOS
set of Mavic MA-1s he was willing to sell. Otherwise I would not have
been able to use the
On May 12, 2:05 pm, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
No? Here are the 584mm road tires consumers have available now:
To Jim's point, I recently was in the market for a 40 hole 650b rim.
I did not find any current makes.
According to the original post, Jim's point is that the
Add the Continental Tour Ride also in 42mm and 54 mm
Schwalbe HS 159,
Schwalbe Marathon,
Panaracer Col de la Vie,
Sunlite Street Tire,
Panaracer Nifty Swifty,
Panaracer Maxy Fasty,
Panaracer Fatty Rumpkin,
Panaracer/SOMA New Xpress,
Grand Bois Cypres,
Grand Bois Ourson,
Grand Bois
According to the original post, Jim's point is that the future of 650b
is uncertain due to his recent observations. That you can't find a 40-
hole, 650b rim is an entirely different point.
Seems like we are splitting hairs here.
Certainly it underscores that 650b is not as well supported as
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