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so its going to cost about £100 for rims and spokes to convert my 650b wheelset to 29er (+ my time).
I could buy a semi decent mountain bike rear wheel for that (something like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shimano-XT-rear-wheel-Velocity-Blunt-35-rim-bikepacking-36-hole-29er-QR/222987202494?hash=item33eb12afbe:g:jksAAOSwGkVbAynn
Would it be totally wrong to run a 29 x 2.25 at the rear and a 27.5 x 3 at the front? they would have exactly the same diameter and i like the idea of a big fat front tyre to soak up the bumps and save my wrists