I believe that the blue big frame will happily take a 650b. My Revelation RL's are 2010/2011, does any one know if they will take a 650b wheel? They look like they should do.
Cheers
I don't think the wheel will clear the arch on those forks.
I suppose, ill just have to find one and try it!
Look on the MTBR 650b forum and also on 650b palace
Cheers, will do now
Have a search for a video on the dirt website of Rob from Bad Ass Bikes cramming a 650b wheel into some Marzocchi 55 Ti's - its a squeeze!
Cheers guys, some good info on that mtbr forum, like the vid too 🙂
Well Box is still riding it like that and he ain't dead yet.
Im off work tomorrow, so im going to visit all the bikes shops in the south Shropshire stanes to find a 650b wheel to try. As Box says, "clearance is clearance".
Ill report back.
Cheers
Not a cat in hell's chance that a 650b wheel will fit in a 2011 Rev (I've got one on the front of my pig). There's only just enough clearance for a 26" wheel with a 2.4 tyre. If you could shoe horn a 650b wheel in there you'd have to use a tyre so skinny it would end up the same diameter as a big tyre on a 26" wheel anyway, yet lose the cushioning a big tyre gives.
I fear you are right, ive just measured it all up on my bike, it wont happen 🙁
Anyone got any 650b forks for sale.
Cheers all
Any 26" fox fork will fit up to a 2.4" 650b tyre in!
Ooo, so I could swap the fox forks from my stumpy for the revs on my pig. Excellent , cheers. Or maybe I could try the 650 wheels in the stumpy instead 🙂
Here's a thread on it with a couple of pics!
http://forums.mtbr.com/650b-27-5/fox-32-float-rlc-650b-378039.html
I plan on converting my blue pig to 650b once the price of tyres and wheels go down, there's acres of room with a 2.4 ardent so it should fit at least a 650b 2.3 out back!
Excellent, im tending to run 2.0 storm controls on it, so should be loads of frame clearance, for a similar 650b tyre. Just need to getsome fox forks in it.
What's the advantage of running a 650b instead of a 26" with a big tyre? Given that presumably they both have very similar diameter etc?
BWD-I was going to ask the same question.
What's the advantage of running a 650b instead of a 26" with a big tyre? Given that presumably they both have very similar diameter etc?
Obviously not if one fits and the other doesn't.
None. There you go.
Im not a fan of big tyres, hence why ive had 2.0 storm controls on for most of the last year, plus, ive got some cash burning a hole in my pocket, and I thought why not try it. I was/am gonna get a wheel upgrade for it anyway. I was just wondering if it was feasible.
I have been pondering trading it in for a 29er, but I cant afford the ht 29er I really want, So have sort of put that idea to the backburner for a year or so.
I guess there's an internal logic to that. Fwiw, a Rev will take a 26" with a 2.4 Ardent which can't be much difference in size to a 650b with a smaller sized tyre on it.