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650's
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:21 pmby Cassnasty
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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Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:46 pmby haulincolin
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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Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:19 pmby the dreaded ben
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.
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:01 amby lantius
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:57 amby Stanglor
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:00 pmby Alastair
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.
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:27 pmby Marcus
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:59 pmby martin
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:52 pmby Cassnasty
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:05 pmby derrickito
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Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:38 amby joeball
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Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:22 pmby Cassnasty
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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Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:40 amby Alex
Almost all bikes that fit 650C wheels (ISO 571mm) can also fit 26" f'n 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.
alex