Does this mean one of the mojo or the 575 will be going??..i can smell enduro in the air!that Spesh will put out a 'mid year' release of 650b bikes for '13, Epic, Camber, Stumpy, Enduro
You have no idea how irate that commonly used line makes me. To this day I can see no other point that is used to sell a 29 inch wheeled bike. Is it the bike or the rider that clears the obstacle?29er rolls over obstacles more easily .
Interesting!Pretty cool that guys have been running 650b mods on their 26" bikes for quite a while now, and that it's even possible. Here's a pic of a guys Mojo HD set up as a 650b running 140mm travel. Rear triangle clearance isn't huge as you'd expect but adequate.
Will be interesting to see how the 26/650b/29 stuff plays out, especially the marketing stuff from bike companies. Generally speaking could we end up with this kind of view of the world? 26/downhill, 27.5 trail/AM, 29 XC?
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the forums on MTBR have a bunch of threads on 650b conversions.Interesting!
Might have to investigate the possibility of doing that to my Rush.
Why so IRATE?? It's simple physics really. Go up to a square edge like a step and try push a 26" wheel up it then try the same with a 29" wheel. The difference is pretty apparent.You have no idea how irate that commonly used line makes me. To this day I can see no other point that is used to sell a 29 inch wheeled bike. Is it the bike or the rider that clears the obstacle?
I hope the 650 range will look a little more appealing than the out of whack 29er stuff.
Yarra, i've picked your quote for no particular reason other than it's the closestI think Specialized will not "follow" Scott, rather put more energy into 29er's. Scott are doing for (Jamis) 650b what Gary Fisher/Trek did for 29er's. As for the discussion of wheel size (again) the simple answer is ride more and your current rig (probably a 26") will bring you better results not a marketing ploy to get you to buy a new "standard".
650b wheels look good, unlike the awful red cable outers, and a personal hate of mine, a long cage rear mech.Pretty cool that guys have been running 650b mods on their 26" bikes for quite a while now, and that it's even possible. Here's a pic of a guys Mojo HD set up as a 650b running 140mm travel. Rear triangle clearance isn't huge as you'd expect but adequate.
Will be interesting to see how the 26/650b/29 stuff plays out, especially the marketing stuff from bike companies. Generally speaking could we end up with this kind of view of the world? 26/downhill, 27.5 trail/AM, 29 XC?
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