Interesting New 650bs thats take my fancy

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      Wasn’t a year ago i was tempting towards a 29er but never really saw the advantage for me personally.
      Now 650b bikes are out Its something that really interests me.
      Ive been looking at the new 2014 Whyte 905, Marin Rocky Ridge & Kona Cinder Cone.

      One thing that worries me on the 905 the head tube angle is 66 degrees. The cinder cone is 70 I believe. Small numbers but big difference. Would the 905 struggle going uphills with this sort of angle. I want to go up without tiring easily etc etc. Moan moan moan yes i know haha.

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      "jamesj1984" wrote

      Wasn’t a year ago i was tempting towards a 29er but never really saw the advantage for me personally.
      Now 650b bikes are out Its something that really interests me.
      Ive been looking at the new 2014 Whyte 905, Marin Rocky Ridge & Kona Cinder Cone.

      One thing that worries me on the 905 the head tube angle is 66 degrees. The cinder cone is 70 I believe. Small numbers but big difference. Would the 905 struggle going uphills with this sort of angle. I want to go up without tiring easily etc etc. Moan moan moan yes i know haha.

      A slack head angle just makes it more difficult to hold a straight line and get in a good climbing position. It doesn’t make the bike weigh more or the climb more physically difficult per-se, just makes the handling not as good while climbing. However, the tradeoff is a lot more stability when descending.

      BTW, according to the website, the Whyte 905 has a 67.5-degree HT angle: http://www.whytebikes.com/2012/bike_pag … W-1-012-12 and the Kona is 69: http://www.konaworld.com/cinder_cone.cfm So while there’s still a difference, it’s not as drastic as you initially thought (1.5-degree difference instead of 4-degree difference).

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