Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - 650c front wheel

i now have it, gonna take some pics, theres like 3mm clearence bet tire and down tube

good job!!!

i now have it, gonna take some pics, theres like 3mm clearence bet tire and down tube

did you replace your fork?

mind if i jack this a little?

what is the deal with these?

why they so poular these days?

seems like at NACCC's last weekend every third fixie i saw had a little front wheel. not many racers with them but tons of spectators. lots of them were the cool carbon spoked wheels too.

didja peep that dude with the black LEADER frame? I think he had one of those too. it looked neat.

This would solve my tight clearance and toe overlap issues :D

this is confusing but, are people putting them on 700c forks or are they getting 650c forks and putting them on 700c frames.

if so, post some pics.

700c

mmy question: what the diff between a 26 inch and 650? bigger? smaller? same?

the 26" is about a centimeter smaller.

26" mtb rims are 12mm smaller than 650c rims, but 26" is also used by tufo and others to refer to their 650c road tyres.

[and wait until you get to the joys of 700c/27"/28"/29"]

seriously. sod all of this.

fsnl
sparky

didja peep that dude with the black LEADER frame? I think he had one of those too. it looked neat.


HAHAH! that's my old bike. i just sold that to tommy a few weeks ago. i'm glad he's riding it! (yeah, it's a 650c front,)

mind if i jack this a little?

what is the deal with these?

why they so poular these days?

seems like at NACCC's last weekend every third fixie i saw had a little front wheel. not many racers with them but tons of spectators. lots of them were the cool carbon spoked wheels too.

I'm curious too.

when you put a 650 front wheel on it's a pursuit bike dude. Thats like a track bike times 10.

when you put a 650 front wheel on it's a pursuit bike dude. Thats like a track bike times 10.

i think we are annoying dutret again

most people have them to do bar spins.. who doesnt like some bar spins

When retaining the original 700c fork you can do bar spins as sloppy states.

Also there are a lot of older tri/aero spoke wheels out there in 650c due to their popularity among triathletes.... so that may explain why there are a lot being snapped up cheap.

i got to take a pic. it's hawt!

this is confusing but, are people putting them on 700c forks or are they getting 650c forks and putting them on 700c frames.

if so, post some pics. 650c wheel + 650 fork + no brakes= fun.

I also recently switched to a 650 fork and front wheel. but it was already discussed in my aerospoke thread. With pics and all that jazz. But I did just repain my wheels and am working on repainting the frame. here is a pic of the sweet gold wheel now.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b230/g0balistik/DSCF0987.jpg

I originally wanted to make the fork/frame white. I though it would look cool with the gold wheels. But It may just look silly with my black cranks and stuff. Ill post pics when its finished.

how do you true that wheel? that looks like a 24" er

Its a 650c, It just doesnt have a tire on it, and it behind the wheel in the foreground. Why would I "true" it?

joking of course

Is there any problems running 650c wheel on a 700c fork?

It looks wonky

Is there any problems running 650c wheel on a 700c fork?
it immediately teleports you to SF. get some nice shoes.

HAHAH! that's my old bike. i just sold that to tommy a few weeks ago. i'm glad he's riding it! (yeah, it's a 650c front,)


ah! I shoulda known. pros? cons? did it give you lots of bad overlap?

']it immediately teleports you to SF. get some nice shoes.

Sweet, but teleporting to SF would be pointless since it's about 5 miles away from here.


Military IV's release tomorrow.

I thought all the kids were doing aero front 650's since there is more supply than demand for those things, so you can pick up a cheap cool-looking front and just slap an old 650 fork on it to have a sick-looking ride.

Or am I imagining things, and people are actually paying ridiculous prices to have a pretend pursuit bike?

ah! I shoulda known. pros? cons? did it give you lots of bad overlap?

no cons, not to many real pros, either...it's a bike, it rides like a bike. no toe overlap, but the wheelbase was super tight. i dunno, it was fun to ride, but it was the most ridiculous and impractical bike that i had, so i let it go. I'd recommend it, it's fun...never had any pedal strike...and as far as being expensive, i paid $60 for the wheel and $30 for the fork, so it was pretty cheap.

-jason

it's funny, after all the $ and time building this bike i some times just want to slam it up against the wall, it's like a demon to me.

ah! I shoulda known. pros? cons? did it give you lots of bad overlap?

It's going to have a huge effect on the geometry 5+ degrees is a huge change. Unless the the fork has substantially less rake(it will probably have a little) how could you create overlap by putting a smaller wheel on.

650s look cool on a lot of bikes, but it has no real benefits beside the bar spins, in which case every should have flatland bikes to do a lot cooler ****.

does steeper mean more vertical position of the fork?? mmy fork has no rake, its inline with the head tube so my head tube is 74-75 deg, thats what my fork is now.

you head tube was 75-75 before you changed it right?

Its now closer to 80 probably.

What fork did you get with 0 rake by the way?

']it immediately teleports you to SF. get some nice shoes.

We've moved on to pogo sticks. Bikes are soooo 9/10/06.

im confused about the term steep,does it mean the opposite of what a chopper bike is?

yes it does it means closer to vertical. When you dropped the front of your bike you steepened all the angles by 5+ degrees. Your zero rake fork(which one) counter balanced this in some senses as far as handling goes.

Didnt mean to Jack this topic but was just wondering about your guys opinions about putting a 650c front wheel for the sole reason that i have really bad toe overlap?

maybe sell your bike and get something with more relaxed geometry. if you're not riding track, and the toe overlap is getting too annoying, then I dont really see much of a reason to have a track frame. what are you riding?

Kilo tt