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Reply #20 - 07/06/13 at 8:09pm
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yeah i thnk ive got the clearance ill double check later doe
  
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Reply #21 - 07/06/13 at 8:59pm
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Why stop at 26"? Go 24" wheels.  Make that thing spritely...
  
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Reply #22 - 07/07/13 at 12:24am
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Dude..Don't listen to all these skeptics.

Go for it. And the 26/29" combo would be sick. Post pics
  
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Reply #23 - 07/07/13 at 2:30am
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Remember going from a 29" wheel to a 26" wheel on a 29er frame will probably effectively steepen the head tube angle by probably 1-2 degrees.  Like running old school XC bikes from the 80's with 22" wide bars...squirrelly!
  
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Reply #24 - 07/07/13 at 2:30am
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JR wrote on 07/06/13 at 8:59pm:
Why stop at 26"? Go 24" wheels.  Make that thing spritely...

Why not 20's?  Wink
  
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Re: converting 29 to 650b?
Reply #25 - 07/07/13 at 3:25pm
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24 rear 29 front. 49er

As long as you can get you front wheel over something, the back will follow, no real need for a rear wheel at all.  Not sure why I have one on my bike.  It helps hold it on my bike rack or stand up in the garage.  I am converting mine to one of those you can ride on top of water. Maybe even a mini hovercraft. 

Who rides their bike anyway?  Don't we just argue about how much 29ers suck and how fast you can e-ride around sherrman ranch or fishers farms?  FF in 17 minutes! Strava record holder in the rain!  Didn't even shift, so I SSed the whole thing
  
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Reply #26 - 07/08/13 at 1:36pm
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ehhh im not sure who to trust here anymore i think some of you are messing with me
  
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Reply #27 - 07/08/13 at 6:42pm
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isitwinteryet wrote on 07/08/13 at 1:36pm:
ehhh im not sure who to trust here anymore i think some of you are messing with me

Ya think?
  
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