View Single Post
Old 07-23-10 | 10:38 AM
  #19  
noglider's Avatar
noglider
aka Tom Reingold
Titanium Club Membership
15 Anniversary
Community Builder
Community Influencer
 
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,123
Likes: 6,340
From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA

Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

Originally Posted by Grand Bois
The only reason I haven't tried it is the expense of rims, spokes, tires and brakes. I'll bet that Rivendell has made a fortune on 650B conversions.
And Velo Orange, too. They play up how the wheels are the bee's knees because they can sell stuff that way. I have a hard time believing they are a magical sweet spot.

I'm putting super narrow tires on someone's mountain bike today. I'll see how it feels.
__________________
Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog

“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author

Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
noglider is offline  
Reply