{"id":1612,"date":"2021-01-15T19:47:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T19:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2021-01-15T19:47:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T19:47:34","slug":"to-convert-or-not-to-convert-to-650b-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/to-convert-or-not-to-convert-to-650b-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"To Convert Or Not To Convert&#8230; To 650B That Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1664\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1664 \" alt=\"mountain bike wheel size comparison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-300x232.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-282x218.jpg 282w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison.jpg 600w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-520x402.jpg 520w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-53x41.jpg 53w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">mountain bike wheel size comparison | credit: BikeRumor.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With all the buzz surrounding 650B\/27.5&#8243; I know a lot of us have been thinking about testing the waters. If finding a 650B demo bike isn&#8217;t easy find to try out how it rides, the next often chosen option is to buy a new set of 650B wheels and tires to slap on our 26&#8243; bike. There are some drawbacks and considerations to think about when doing this. BikeRadar has a great new article up on <a title=\"5 reasons not to convert 26&quot; bike to 650B\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/gear\/article\/trail-tech-5-reasons-not-to-convert-26in-to-650b-36241\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 reasons not to convert a 26&#8243; bike to 650B.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\">Bonus<\/span><\/span> &#8211; If you want more info on 650B\/27.5&#8243; check out <a title=\"650B interview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikerumor.com\/2012\/06\/06\/whats-driving-the-650b-explosion-interviews-tech-breakdown-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the BikeRumor article<\/a> where I grabbed the comparison photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe converting your 26&#8243; bike to 650B\/27.5&#8243; is not such a great idea after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[15,167,39],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison.jpg",600,464,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-282x218.jpg",282,218,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison.jpg",600,464,false],"large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison-600x464.jpg",600,464,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison.jpg",600,464,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/650B-wheel-size-comparison.jpg",600,464,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"J.A. Caldwell","author_link":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/author\/ogmtb\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"Maybe converting your 26\" bike to 650B\/27.5\" is not such a great idea after all.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}