Will keep my 2012 Remedy which is 26″ wheeled which is still the best bike I have ridden downhill even though I have tried 29ers and 27.5 if the frame goes they will have to give me a whole new bike which they have already done in some cases no 26″ frames left funny old world when you think the most common bike is still a 26″.

So more of a straight steerer is dead than 26″ wheels, but see the point as my frame is straight steerer but luckily not limited my choice of rigid forks – yet.

My newest bike is a 26er.

Both my bikes are 26 too. One is a 2014 model and just a year old now, the other is 2013 bought 2nd hand as a winter sacrifice. Early 650B switchers are in the same position as us 26ers with the Boost Hub 110 fork and 148 rear situation… I feel for the ones who were hoping they were buying into the future (at least a few years worth anyway) only to be told there’s a new boost wheel build to do on their new rims and new hubs to buy and to make it all match up a whole new fork for their next frame so I don’t think we’re any worse off at the moment.

In fact there may be a shortage of non boost 650B stuff before 26 supplies run dry as there’s a lot more 26 folk out there than the now defunct first-gen 650B. Resale values will be worse on those bits than ours.

I wouldn’t buy anything non boost now I know about it. The two things should have happened together – 650B and Boost. It’s so frustrating for everyone.

Now if that’s not an opinionated can of worms I’ve opened I don’t know what is?!!

I love my 26 inch bikes. They’re brilliant fun. I hope to get this next season out of them at least. I may have new-bike envy by next November anyway and hopefully the whole standards issue will have sorted itself out by then. Or it won’t and I’ll try to eek out another season. I will be more inclined to keep my perfectly good 26 inch frames going as long as possible if they don’t settle things down for the smaller wheel sized bikes.

Kona just announced a new 26 inch DH bike so they must have confidence in 26 inch being around long enough to service their bikes. Maybe it’s the start of a comeback for 26 inch?

i don’t see the point of boost to be honest. certainly not something that i wish my 650b bike had been specced with. Plenty of 650b non boost bikes available

It’s just my opinion. I bought a brand new 26 inch bike when 650B was already around for a little while so my own future analysis isn’t exactly fantastic, is it, or was it? It worked for me though and that’s all that counts. I got the bikes at a discount and I’m happy that I’m not likely to get a lot for them when I sell them and I’m also trying to get maximum value and fun out of them.

If non boost 650B works for you who am I to disagree?
You’re not likely to wish your 650B had been specced with boost if you’ve already bought one (it’s like the emperors new clothes) but if you’re looking at buying one why buy into a small fragment of the market that’s being made obsolete already?

Proper boost hubs make larger wheels stiffer with better spoke angles and help run wider rims better (not + size, just 26-30mm internal width).

I think to sell the benefit of 650B and Boost and a new Frame that is properly different at the same time would have helped everyone. The wheel would have felt stiffer and possibly rolled more noticeably faster too. 26 inch wheels wouldn’t fit the frame either so you’d know where you stood and not be tempted to fit them or re-lace them. It would feel like it’d been thought through as a new whole bike concept with added real world performance benefits a bit better.

It just makes more sense to me that way anyway. In my opinion it’s a better whole change package that way.

I’d have been happier to let go of the 26 inch stuff if it had been sold that way anyway.

Happy trails. Have a fun Christmas whatever you’re riding.

Pretty sure boost was developed by Trek to give 29″ wheels the same stiffness as 650b wheels, other manufacturers seem to have taken it on board for 650b! 650 Remedy still has a 142mm back end.

Cotic have a short video on Instagram featuring a rocket 275 but with 26″ wheels. An update to follow they say.