look for my bike in the post your pics thread and as far as i know there are only about 1-3 other people who are regular posters who have bikes that built with 650c rims front and bike on them.

One thing that bears mentioning is that a lot of stayer's bikes (built for motorpacing) have sub-700c front wheels to get the rider deeper into the motorcycle or car's draft and hence to allow them to go faster. This may not be directly relevant to the op's question as I don't know whether these bikes have commonly used any of the 650 standard wheels.

Stayer bikes are all sub-700c. I believe they use a 24" (or 600c) wheel in front, but I'm not certain.

This bike was designed around 650c wheels :
http://entirely-adequate.com/holland...ullholland.jpg

No, seriously, no way a 700c wheel's gonna fit in there.
http://entirely-adequate.com/holland/noclearance.jpg

nice, that bike looks awesome

hows it ride with those bars. looks like your geos are similar to mine

I almost dump my self on my face when ever i put my drops on mine
http://stupidhurts.org/gallery/album...1/IMG_0069.JPG

Your bike looks like it's a long toptube short seattube bike too, yeah.

Mine's something bizarre like 54x58, I think it may have been designed for a very tall orangutan. I run city bars because anything else is pretty much a torture rack for me.

and i thought I had no fork clearance

mine is about 53x56 I think the guy at the lbs took a tape measure to it and shook his head

my bike was meant to have aero bars and a shorter stem on it, and not drops, I have seen the bike in its original config. yours may have been designed for the same thing which is why it might feel funny

mine doesnt handle right unless you are pretty much stretched out on top of it

Using mismatched (i.e. - 700C rear, 650C front) is no longer UCI/USAC legal.

Actually, real men ride 600c :eek:

To be perfectly honest. This bike fell into my hands, and that is the ONLY reason that I have it. Most days I really wish I had a sweet high quality standard 700c front and rear, lugged steel bike with a front brake on it. This thing is cool looking (except perhaps for the erect stem), and actually is a really functional bike. Drop is about what my road bike has on the drops, BB is high so I have great corning clearance, AND I'm running 172.5 cranks with an inch or so of toe clearance. I just struggle with whether I should keep it sometimes when I think about having a fixed gear that didn't have a tubie on the front to worry about. Oh, and I AM a fan of brakes.

-Jeremy

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...edFixsmall.jpg

Not only. They were popular in triathlon (back and front), where no drafting was possible.

the reason for a 650c front wheel is style .