Thread: Show Us Your 650B Conversions
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Old 09-12-23, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by RiddleOfSteel

Firstly is a first-year 1983 Cannondale ST300 frame (ST500 as a complete bike)…..Fender room is epic, but to comfortably clear 38-42mm 650B tires, those chain stays would have to be modified, and I am ignorant of doing so on a post-heat-treated aluminum frame.




Alas, no- aluminum can’t be safely dimpled/altered. Go with the Trek.
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