Originally Posted by
abeyance
The bike industry is phasing out 650c rims/tires. racers were tired of buying fancy wheels for TT's and Tris and having to buy another fancy set for road racing. there is a reason that Trek's CF TT bike used to have 650's and now has 700's. That being said, in my garage right now, I have bikes with 20's 26's 650's 700's 27's and old schwinn standard. I love planned obselesence.
"The bike industry is phasing out 650c rims/tires."
This is not true... An entire industry can't "decide" to phase out anything... The MARKET makes decisions by voting with its dollars. 650c rims and tires will continue to be manufactured as long as there are people buying them, which there are.
I understand that you may have noticed a trend of fewer 650c products, but you're overstating the situation by stating that "the industry" is phasing them out.