So, I adopted this bike in Corvallis. Its a KHS "Junior Racer," It's cherry red and on 650's. I love it a little.
Where can I find 650 tires/tubes? A singlespeed rear wheel would be fantastic as well. There aren't hills in Corvallis.
Also, does anyone know anything about this tiny little wonder? Google gives me nothing.
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haulincolin
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:46 pm
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650 stuff isn't all that rare. Most shops probably won't have it in stock, but any shop should be able to order it right quick. Finding a factory-built 650 single speed wheel might be a challenge, but the rims, tires, and tubes should be easy to come by.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:19 pm
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try *shudders* speedy reedy, or any other tri store for that matter.
i suggest not staying long though; you could catch a horrible case of asshole.
lantius
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:01 am
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make sure you know which 650 you are dealing with. it's probably 650c, 571mm, which ben correctly points out is a triathalon size.
isn't there a triathalon shop down on lake washington blvd?
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:57 am
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lantius wrote:
make sure you know which 650 you are dealing with. it's probably 650c, 571mm, which ben correctly points out is a triathalon size.
isn't there a triathalon shop down on lake washington blvd?
Lee is talking about Triumph Multisport, but I would do Speedy Reedy between the two.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:00 pm
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R&E on University Ave has plenty of 650 stuff in stock. They make a habit of putting 650s on all their smaller size touring frames and tiny racing bikes.
Marcus
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:27 pm
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i get my 650 tubes at recycled. otherwise i've ridden mountain bike tubes on my 650.
martin
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:59 pm
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Stanglor wrote:
Lee is talking about Triumph Multisport, but I would do Speedy Reedy between the two.
Speedy Reedy hooked Jamie up with his Cervelo P3Carbon on a stupid-good deal, so it's ok to show them a little love.
Keep in mind that this is a crappy heavy bike aquired for free. I dont want to put 200$ wheels on this thing. Its only going to get ridden 4 times a year tops.
I need cheap!
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Keep in mind that this is a crappy heavy bike aquired for free. I dont want to put 200$ wheels on this thing. Its only going to get ridden 4 times a year tops.
You betcha, and what is funny, is that is says "new light tubing" and the damn thing still weighs a million pounds.
Its tiny, though dense.... Just like me, I guess.
Its probably from the 80's, I cant find any info on the "KHS Junior Racer"
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:40 am
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Almost all bikes that fit 650C wheels (ISO 571mm) can also fit 26" MTB wheels (ISO 559mm). That makes the options for finding cheap/free wheels much easier. You'll be limited to narrow tires, but there are plenty of narrow 559mm tires out there.
I probably got rid of them, but I may have some 23mm wide Specialized Turbo/S ATB tires if you want them for this bike and switch it over to 26" wheels.
To switch you'd either need to lower the brake pads 6mm ((571-559)/2) or get longer reach brakes. I've done this conversion on friend's bicycles to be able to fit fenders.
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