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I built up a Knolly Chilcotin, my 26″ dream bike with 90% new parts for under
4 grand last fall. Reverb, Pike and CCDBA, XT everything, WTB I25's on Hope
hubs. A build like that in 650b? Upwards of 7500. Screw that, my bike beats
plenty of 27.5 and 29″ wheels at every race I take it to. Plus I could damn
near buy two for what most of those people paid.
Sad thing is, my next bike will be 650b. It'll pretty much have to be if I
want parts. The bike industry is playing us all.
Nov. 4, 2015, 10:16 a.m. - Matt
#!markdown I built up a Knolly Chilcotin, my 26″ dream bike with 90% new parts for under 4 grand last fall. Reverb, Pike and CCDBA, XT everything, WTB I25's on Hope hubs. A build like that in 650b? Upwards of 7500. Screw that, my bike beats plenty of 27.5 and 29″ wheels at every race I take it to. Plus I could damn near buy two for what most of those people paid. Sad thing is, my next bike will be 650b. It'll pretty much have to be if I want parts. The bike industry is playing us all.