I found this forkless frame for next to nothing and am tempted to buy it. Supposedly it is designed for 650A/B wheels.
Since I'm trying to keep this cheap as possible and don't have a spare 650A/B fork lying around I am thinking about using a 1 inch threadless rigid mountain bike fork for 26 inch wheels. I'm curious exactly how bad of an idea this is?
I'm guessing most cantilever brakes on a 26 inch fork would reach 650B rims, but am I overlooking something?
I'm also guess a mountain bike fork would raise the front end of the bike up a little bit, but how badly would this mess with the geometry?
Has anybody done something like this?
Alternatively, would it be possible to run 26 inch wheels in this thing, or would the brakes hit the tires?
My plan for now is to throw some Bruce Gordon Rock n' Road 650b knobby tires on it and abuse it mostly off road.