jambee
11-20-2017, 04:19 AM
I'm curious about the collective brain's opinions here.
I've been thinking about building a new wheel set for my lovely Seven. When I built it (2013), I had Rob design it around 45mm 700C tires. I typically ride it with Compass 44mm tires.
The new wheel set is going to be used for knobby tires since I'm lazy and hate changing tires based on the weather (which tends to be very finicky here in Northern Europe).
My riding mate says "build a 650B wheel set". I'm thinking "what benefits are there?"
I can imagine that with a 650B wheel set i could probably fit a 2.1 inch tire. Is that needed? Probably could be more tracktion and volume than the 42mm knobby I was thinking about.
So, collective mind, what are the opinions here? Other benefits to a large volume 650B wheel set? Can I expect the ride quality to dramatically change with such wheels? Other benefits that I am not thinking about?
I've been thinking about building a new wheel set for my lovely Seven. When I built it (2013), I had Rob design it around 45mm 700C tires. I typically ride it with Compass 44mm tires.
The new wheel set is going to be used for knobby tires since I'm lazy and hate changing tires based on the weather (which tends to be very finicky here in Northern Europe).
My riding mate says "build a 650B wheel set". I'm thinking "what benefits are there?"
I can imagine that with a 650B wheel set i could probably fit a 2.1 inch tire. Is that needed? Probably could be more tracktion and volume than the 42mm knobby I was thinking about.
So, collective mind, what are the opinions here? Other benefits to a large volume 650B wheel set? Can I expect the ride quality to dramatically change with such wheels? Other benefits that I am not thinking about?