Originally Posted by
Ziemas
Did you actually look at that site? They state that most 650b tire are produced for the US market. Just because there is an enthusiast website doesn't mean that the tires are actually widely available. I kust searched four of the biggest European online bike shops and none had 650b tires. I did find a whopping TWO tires in the UK, one NOS for $65 a tire.......
Take a look at the site you linked to.....
http://www.confreriedes650.org/eng-tires.php
Of course I looked at it; it's linked from my site. The Confrerie were one of the organizations responsible for lobbying industry to reprise the old French standard.
Those of us running 650b know where to get what we need. The best tyres are made in Japan, where 650b is huge. Rims are Australian made. On edit: We now have available the new Grand Bois rim (also Japanese).