ISO: 650B Tires in Fun Colors

[Caroline Golum]

TL:DR, this is purely an *aesthetic* inquiry. 

I've had my Riv for 13 years (!) and have alternated between the Panaracer Nifty Swifties (loved the tan sidewall, RIP) and, lately, the Schwalbe Big Ben in a 27.5. 

Since there are 700c tires in a slew of handsome colors, I'm wondering if there are any comparable styles for 650Bs or even 27.5s? Bontrager makes a brick red 27.5 but I have no idea if it's any good. 

Ideally it'd be great to find something like the Panaracer Gravel Kings:

I don't work at a shop anymore so alas there is no big Highway 3 catalogue to leaf through. And I ride in NYC so kevlar or similar flat protection is preferred. 

Thanks!

[Franklyn Wu]

I haven't searched for a while, but here are a couple of options that came up: Simworks' Homage tire.

And Ultradynamico seems to have more color options: https://ultradynamico.com/pages/shop

Grand Bois in Japan still sells the OG red Hetres! There is someone on the iBOB list that imports them here, I believe. You can order from GB directly and pay for air freight also.

If other sources are out there, I would be curious to know also!

Franklyn

[lconley]

Like these:

Nifty Swifties are still listed on the Soma website but "Temporarily Out Of Stock".

SE bikes has yellow and blue 650Bs, but only in super wide (3")

Surly has a grey sidewall 650B x 46.

Bike Tires Direct has a variety of tan sidewall 650Bs.

There are some orange Panaracer Gravel Kings 650B x 48 on eBay.

Soma, Modern Bike, Bike Tires Direct, and eBay generally have the widest selection of 650B tires in the US.

Blue Lug in Japan has Cream colored and brick red 650Bs, as well as others

BikeInn in Europe has a lot of 650Bs, I have ordered from them before with no problems. They sometimes have things that they find in their warehouses, that have been out of stock in the rest of the world for years.

Laing

Delray Beach FL

[lconley]

The Blue Lug global website has the red Hetres:

Laing

[esoterica etc]

I had the Grand Bois red Hetres on my Riv/Soma San Marcos and were wonderful tires- they rode and looked fantastic. 

~Mark

Raleigh, NC

On Apr 3, 2023, at 08:39, lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote:

The Blue Lug global website has the red Hetres:

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[Eric Marth]

Sim Works makes their Homage tire in 27.5 x 55 and 27.5 x 42. They come in a bright green. 

https://www.sim.works/collections/simworks-by-panaracer/products/the-homage?variant=42076892987646

Stateside, Crust stocks the Grand Bois hetre in brick red

https://crustbikes.com/collections/tires/products/grand-bois-tires?variant=39350326100058