anyone tried fitting 27.5 wheels on 26 frame and forks

Wondering if I can simple pop these onto my current set up which is standard orange alpine set up with fox forks.
looks like it might just work…?

Just run some big tyres.

Is it all a load of marketing cobblers then and better to leave be?

This was and possibly still is a good resource for checking which bikes and forks will convert to 650B

http://www.650bpalace.com

Also the mtbr 27.5 forum has this List of 27.5 compatible 26ers thread sticky, which started back in 2008, and you may well find more info there.

Yes

Cheers slack alice!

Bapass, have you tried the conversion and if so what was the result – looking to buying some spare forks for my Alpine and some 27.5’s may be the way forward.

Might be of interest

http://www.moredirt.com/article/Exclusive—Joe-Taylors-650b-Orange-Alpine-160/4466/

A friend has his 26″ Five running 650b no problems (he did have to lose the front mech due to clearance issues though). Not sure what forks he is running, Fox of some kind, 34s I would guess.

If a Five will an Alpine might?

Yeah, Fives are odd, the cable routing is about 15mm from the back of the seattube. Swap to 1×10 and it looks like you’d have tons of room.

DISCLAIMER

Now just plonking bigger wheels than intended onto bikes isn’t something to undertake lightly… Orange, Mojo, MoreDirt or any other bike manufacture for that matter don’t recommend attempting procedures like this and will void your warranty… YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

DISCLAIMER

Now just plonking 12mm radius bigger wheels than intended onto bikes isn’t something to undertake lightly… Orange, Mojo, MoreDirt or any other bike manufacture for that matter don’t recommend attempting procedures like this and will void your warranty… YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Take care out there. It’s a dangerous world

I tried it on a SS a few years back after having an Indy Fab 650b made as I wanted both ss my bikes to share wheels, the handling was terrible, the bb was too high, wheel base was slightly long and just rode crap. Don’t bother, if you want a better ride change the bike to a 650b specific.

didn’t someone on here do this recently with a C456?
i can’t remember who though.

When I have the spare cash I’m going to try a 650b front wheel and fork on my El Guapo …

You can do it on a Surly 1×1

Dunno why you’d want to unless you want to raise your bb height slightly. I’m interested in the reasons for tollah’s wheelbase getting longer though 😉

Wheelbase longer as it was on a slidey dropout therefore wheel had to be at furthest point back.
Bb height was an issue, it just felt too tall and unstable compared with the 26inch version and my 650b specific.

Mate’s done it to his Epiphany,he likes it

tollah – Member
Wheelbase longer as it was on a slidey dropout therefore wheel had to be at furthest point back.

Thank goodness for that! There was someone else on hear who’s bike got longer without moving the dropouts 🙂

The tricky thing to watch out for is not the tyre touching the brace of the fork – it’s the tyre hitting the crown when the forks bottom out.

‘Cos any situation where your fork bottoms out is not a situation where you want your front wheel to stop dead.