Thread: If one still has 26" tire bikes right now, should they keep or sell?
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Old 05-21-20 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by theDirtyLemon
650b is expensive.
At minimum, you have to buy new wheels that are priced for the Velo Orange/Rivendell guys, plus rear gears, plus fancy tires; OR . . . you can buy a whole new bike.
Not true. 650B wheels and tires are available pretty cheap these days.

Not $5 or $10 cheap, but life is too short for crappy tires.
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