All The Six Fifty Bees Thread! (650b, 27.5 etc.).

Worth having a play with http://www.justridingalong.com/wheels/custom-wheel-builds.html

I think you could get something made up for £400, or very close.
Got some wheels built by them which have been excellent so far.

what tyres?

trying 38c file tread gravel kings (1.5")

post a pic of clearance for lols once you mount them pls

Will do! Annoyingly they're sat at the post office. Otherwise would have done it at lunch time.

Otherwise I'll probably follow your advice and DA 9... I mean Kojac all of the things

Yes, update the caad 10 clearance, that would be perfect. Could still have a fast roadie with a wheel switch.

I've gone and done a hydro now lol

Obv not those but DA <3 <3 <3

(and at @TRA ) So it works! And I think the CAAD 12 chainstays are a little more forgiving?

Clearance is annoyingly narrow. Needs 675b wheel's! But it works. Might drop down to 35c Kojacs, will see.

The front brake hose support maintains its lead as my least favourite part of the bike, and will need more time with a knife. Seriously, who designed this shit?

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That fit quite well, wheel flex will rub on the chainstay, a stupid question, but what pressure were you running?

With 38mm, you'd want them to be as low as 40psi, 35psi front maybe.

At the moment I think 50/60 ish, but just to mount them. I think I read somewhere that Panracer said that all their tires were tubeless compatible? In which case that will be my next step, and dropping the pressure

toight! Should be fun to ride though. Have you got a caliper to check the actual tyre width? They are 19mm internal rim yeah?

Yeah, borrowed calipers especially :p

Rim is 22mm wide internal, so maybe a narrower rim would make the tires sit slightly higher?

Tire measures at 38.8mm

50/60 is massively high, that what I usually run the 28mm tyres at.

22mm internal is fine, it allow you to drop the pressure and thus create more room, however you can go to 17mm internal and still be fine (that what I usually run on my 650b bikes) the difference between 17mm and 22mm internal is very hard to tell when the tyres is that big.

Yeah just getting them seated, wouldn't actually ride them that high

That's ace, caad 10 on shopping list. I'd be happy to run with that clearance, specially once the pressure has settled

Looks in proportion too

Yeah, its not going to get muddy particularly / used for cross - just gravel etc (although tbh I've done gravel/bridleways on 28s and it handled fine).
35c Schwalbe Kojacs would be totally fine.
I'll hopefully get it all running over the weekend, and give you a better idea of if it works.

Generally its a great bike though, super happy with it, would recommend (especially for the price Evans were selling them for)

Wait till you descent on those tyres.

what is the max clearance with 700c on this frameset then?

Think 30c with similar clearances

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/12979289/

I'm mainly thinking about using the wheels (well front) with an old steel frame, but would need new forks for that first, so this was just to see if it worked and if so how well

But what it does do is leave much more clearance for mudguards

hey friends!
any ideas on a randonneur-frameset? i fell in love with this build but... damn. the frameset costs about 2-2.5k€ http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--DrAJQvPmfg/Ur_49yZ8jOI/AAAAAAAACT4/MKIVdid3ysg/s1600/D_DSCF2268b.JPG

How about the Cevennes by Cyfac via. the Confrerie des 650B in France - http://confreriedes650.org/nos-randonneuses/

Not as flash as that up above, but far cheaper - 900eur without anything flashy additions.

You might be best off going for the Velo Orange polyvalent if you're looking at budget.

One thing to note, the seat tube are very slack (72 degrees) meaning you might need to run an inline post.

Alternately, the Velo Orange Pass Hunter Disc is designed for 700c, but with disc brakes, you can fit 650b with bigger tyres (not pictured);