Blog Entries for 650B Ed

650B Superbike

650Bed@bikeman.com — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:00:00 +0100

When the 650B wheel was reintroduced a few years ago, the model we were following was the randonneuring and cyclotouring bicycle built in the French tradition. Many of us had spent considerable time studying these old French machines, and we could see how these marvelous bikes would be practical in everyday use. The large volume 650x38B tires were meant to carry the rider comfortab [...]

Surly Pacer 650B

650Bed@bikeman.com — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100

A few years ago when we first started doing the 650B conversions we didn't have a lot of information about which bikes might work on the wider 650B tires. There were many older bikes that were determined to work, but most of the newer bikes and frames were space constrained. So we went around measuring and test fitting wheels in va [...]

Salsa La Cruz, 650B Conversion

650Bed@bikeman.com — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Here's our little 650B Monster Crosser. With 650B 2.0 knobby tires on disc brake wheels, I'd say that this is pushing the envelope for 700C to 650B conversions. And all we did was swap the wheels! Really, it was just that simple - we pulled out the 700C disc brake wheelset with the 700x31 cross tires, and put in a pair of 650B wheels with the new Pacenti Quasi- [...]

650B Conversion Guidlines

650Bed@bikeman.com — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:00:00 +0100

{mosimage}In the last few 650Blog articles I've introduced the 650B wheel and shown a few bikes configured with them. Perhaps now you're curious, and thinking about cycling from a different perspective. Maybe you're wondering about that dirt road that you've always passed-by, or that alluring gravel path that runs down by the river... may [...]

650Built Soma Speedster

650Bed@bikeman.com — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:00:00 +0100

{mosimage}In the 650B Conversion Guidelines article recently posted to this blog we showed you some preliminary photographs of a new Soma Fabrications Speedster frameset sitting on 650B wheels. We've just finished assembling and testing that bike, and I'd like to tell you more about that project in this article. I've been looking to identify [...]

The Kogswell P/R

650Bed@bikeman.com — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:00:00 +0100

{mosimage}In this edition of the 650Blog, I'm going to review my recently built Kogswell P/R, and provide some background information on a relevant topic that many of you have probably never considered; front end geometry.

The Kogswell P/R is a new, limited production 650B-specific frameset produced in Taiwan. The tig welded steel frameset [...]

Trek Pilot 650B Conversion

650Bed@bikeman.com — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:00:00 +0100

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Last week we introduced the 650B wheeled bicycle, and provided a brief overview on the background for this wheel format. In this week's installment of the 650Blog we're going to discuss the conversion of modern production bicycles to 650B. There's a lot happening in the world of 650B bikes right now, and I'll try to bring you up [...]

650B - What and Why

650Bed@bikeman.com — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:00:00 +0100

{mosimage}Hi, my name is Ed Braley, and I'm the author of Bikeman's new blog, the 650Blog. I'm wild about bikes, all kinds of bikes, but I have a special passion for a special kind of bike: the fat-tire, all-roads bike, the 650B-wheeled bike. Over the coming weeks and months, the Bikeman 650Blog will introduce you to the world of the 650B-wh [...]