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Again without checking, I'd bet the price of 26"/650b/29er equipment at my lbs is very similar
Cant say i've ever bought tyres from my LBS due to the ridiculous RRP being charged....i tend to order tyre online and a quick google shows the Maxxis Highroller 2 in 26 inch flavour at around £30, rising to £40 for the 27.5 and 29 inch versions....it wont break the bank but for those of us with mud tyres, soft compound tyres, XC tyres, dual ply DH stuff etc etc the price difference soon adds up....enough that over the course of a year a 650b would cost me loads more to run than my current 26 inch bike on tyres alone.
Until the price of consumables comes down then i'll wait, once the market is flooded with 650b stuff and the price comes down i'll change over....this is one of several hobbies i have and the idea of spending £40+ for a tyre is a joke, the tyres on my car didnt cost that much!
Don't disagree at all. Seems that 29ers will remain a strong minority so stay high but if the push for 650b continues that will become the cheap option.
For the sort of riding I do I was always going to go 29er with my next bike (whenever that might be), so in a sense some of this is irrelevant - though I'm guessing that 650b may take away some of the 29er market (was probably looking at a Giant, which might not exist in 29 form by the time I come to buy, but given their marketing I'm not sure I could bring myself to buy one now anyway, so that's one sale they've lost - I doubt they'll be crying). Still don't think it's in any way a good thing for the consumer.
recently bought a 29er...shit maybe I should have gone 650...dam
thats what you'd like me to say 😆
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