Ti 650b

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  • b_real
    b_real Posts: 157
    Beat me to it, was just about to post that link. Wonder if they'll offer medium sizes in 650b? Article suggests 650b is small, 29er for medium & large.
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,816
    Have a 19.5" Setavento Ti frame nominally 26er, but so much room it could be built into a 650B if anyone wants to make me an offer.......can't blame a man for trying!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,763
    b_real wrote:
    Beat me to it, was just about to post that link. Wonder if they'll offer medium sizes in 650b? Article suggests 650b is small, 29er for medium & large.

    It's doubly interesting as I was just about to drop my theory that premium/high end bikes will start having specific wheel sizes for specific sizes....
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Is there a reasonable tyre selection for 650B yet?
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    I don't think there is a reasonable anything for them.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,763
    RS forks, Schwalbe tyres and Stan's Rims....

    Don't need much more (assuming you have the frame obviously....)
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  • warpcow
    warpcow Posts: 1,448
    ddraver wrote:
    b_real wrote:
    Beat me to it, was just about to post that link. Wonder if they'll offer medium sizes in 650b? Article suggests 650b is small, 29er for medium & large.

    It's doubly interesting as I was just about to drop my theory that premium/high end bikes will start having specific wheel sizes for specific sizes....

    It's been around for a while. Liteville do their smallest size 301 for 24"ers while all the rest are 26", but the XL is now designed to take a 27.5 too.

    There seem to have been a 'reasonable' number of 27.5 tyres at the Bike Place last weekend. Maxxis had High Rollers, Ardents, Crossmarks and another. Schwalbe are doing pretty much everything in 27.5. Conti are the only biggy who are playing it safe with one (X-King?). That seems to mirror other specific components too: the (slightly) smaller firms are really pushing 27.5, while the really big names are being more cautious (Mavic, for instance).
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    ddraver wrote:
    RS forks, Schwalbe tyres and Stan's Rims....

    Don't need much more (assuming you have the frame obviously....)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,763
    Seen this? http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/articl ... o-36312/19

    Not too badly priced for a Ti Frame...
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  • b_real
    b_real Posts: 157
    Seen this? http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/articl ... o-36312/19

    Yeah I think that's the same one that was in the link on the original post of this thread. Here it is again it looks pretty awesome :-)
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    ddraver wrote:
    Seen this? http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/articl ... o-36312/19

    Not too badly priced for a Ti Frame...

    Not reasonable enough for me lol.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,763
    *Insert GT joke here* :p
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,763
    And being more sensible, you'd struggle to buy a top end Yeti FS for that price, and god help you if you want a top end road frame!!

    Yes it's not cheap, but it's not absurdly expensive either.
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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    You wouldn't get any mainstream top end MTB carbon frame for that now! Even in 2011 a Trek Top Fuel frame was £3000, likewise an S-Works, Spark etc. Not just the niche brands. The prices have jumped up to rival the top road frames these days!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,763
    I went and looked at that Van Nichollas 29er in the LBS yesterday....so so pretty! And "only" 500 odd euros more expensive than the equivalent specced Canyon
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