Drop the 650B Rubbish!?!

[driftking]

Can't talk and type? :wave:

Not all phone calls are hands free...

Should probably note I was not on the phone talking I was on the phone using rotorburn via the internet. They have that now.

 

[pink poodle]

Should probably note I was not on the phone talking I was on the phone using rotorburn via the internet. They have that now.

I may be juvenille...but I am not sure this helps your cause. I did a hearty chuckle.

 

[pink poodle]

Who orders a Middy?

It seems to be the default glass/cup size in nsw for keg parties and bar tabs...or the people who organise them are tight arsed pricks.

 

[moorey]

It seems to be the default glass/cup size in nsw for keg parties and bar tabs...or the people who organise them are tight arsed pricks.

Apt name for the wheel size then :high5:

 

[oriion]

sig says it all

 

[Gripo]

26 inch = nostalgist
29r = post nostalgist
2wo7even5ive = neo realist

but yeah 275 will do

 

[Glitch]

26 inch = nostalgist
29r = post nostalgist
2wo7even5ive = neo realist

but yeah 275 will do

There's a new wheel size?

 

[Johnacles]

I'm a fan of the "Siqzfidyy" nomenclature.

 

[crash]

i think alot of people are getting sick of this wheel war... me included!
wheels are wheels, bikes are bikes. as long as it rolls who cares!
this has been said before, but bikes are fun! so quit the arguments, its cutting into our riding time.:wave:

 

[driftking]

i think alot of people are getting sick of this wheel war... me included!
wheels are wheels, bikes are bikes. as long as it rolls who cares!

this has been said before, but bikes are fun! so quit the arguments, its cutting into our riding time.:wave:

I think what I love most about the arguments is people speak from a perspective like they are proffesional riders almost like they are at the limits of the bikes.
650b is not good at Corning, well unless you are Cornering as hard and as well as a pro the bike is not the issue its you the rider. We have a big emphasis on bikes and gear and love to use them as excuses why we don't ride better. Reality is the bikes are ussually more capable than the rider likes to complain about.

Afterall we have all seen a young kid bashing down a trail faster than most on a cheap short travel bike.

 

[thecat]

I'd like a light weight, efficient, frame mounted, internal gear box. That would make far more difference then wheel size.... But 650b was the original European name of that wheel size.

 

[Knuckles]

I'd like to spend less time falling off, but until that cold day in hell, I'll stick with 26, not as far to fall.

 

[Gripo]

I think what I love most about the arguments is people speak from a perspective like they are proffesional riders almost like they are at the limits of the bikes.

Maybe not professionals but 650b was rediscovered by those at the grassroots level.....

Sure 650b is new to the market and the uninitiated, but not to those that plugged them into 26r frames.....

 

[driftking]

Maybe not professionals but 650b was rediscovered by those at the grassroots level.....

Sure 650b is new to the market and the uninitiated, but not to those that plugged them into 26r frames.....

Was more in regards to the nay Sayers who complain about the negative areas of the 650b when they realistically are not pushing it to its limits to really say "the bike" is the issue and not "the rider"