Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
I admit, I don't understand the 650b craze at all. It started as a way to put fat tires on a 700c road frame, sustained by the availability of ONE high-quality tire. Now suddenly all of our 26" mountain bike wheels are obsolete. Next will come a new size: 650E that allows us to put narrow tires on frames meant for 650b.
Actually the French were building around that tire-wheel Long ago . they were using it while the US was using Ballon tires on Cruisers riding on Gravel back roads .
they were riding over hand Laid Cobbled streets In Their cities .. I still love the looks of those Parisienne fish scale patterned Pavers .