Originally Posted by pbass

I do like both sizes, and having come from riding a ss 29'r mtb, I always kind of felt that with singlespeed, those big wheels helped with speed and getting going and up and over things. But, I ride small-ish frame sizes, and now that I have a 650B bike I do love the smaller wheel size for handling - I think it fits my proportions better. (I know as an experiment I can simulate singlespeeding by just riding my 650Bx47 in one gear, but y'know....it does feel different doing that, even if it's just mental). Just curious as to others thoughts--it does seem like you see way more 700c singlespeeds out there than 650B....