- The cry of a child is believed to bring bad luck to the family, so parents do their best to keep children from crying by whatever means possible.
- Breaking tools or other equipment during this period is associated with a loss of wealth for the coming year; therefore tradesmen and business people in general take great precautions to prevent it.
- A visit to the hospital during this period is believed to bring illness to the person in question for the duration of coming year; therefore visits to the hospital are avoided, except in cases of extreme emergency.
- Theft: Do not let other people take objects, including money, from your pocket during the Spring Festival, and take care not to have your pocket picked, as this is believed to portend your whole wealth in the coming year being stolen.
- Debt: Money should not be lent on New Year’s Day, and all debts have to be paid by New Year’s Eve, and, if someone who owes you money, do not go to his or her home to demand it. Anyone who does so it is said will be unlucky all the year.
- The rice jar should not be allowed to become empty. This causes grave anxiety, as the cessation of cooking during the New Year period is an ill omen.
- Damaged clothes: Do not wear new clothes that are damaged. If kids especially wear such clothes in the first lunar month, it is said to bring bad luck.
- No killing. Killing in the Spring Festival should be avoided as blood is considered an ill omen, which will cause misfortunes such as a knife wound, or a bloody disaster.
- Do not wear white or black clothes as these two colors are associated with mourning traditionally.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Spring Festival Season
During the New Year Festival season (from the 1st to 15th of the Lunar New Year) the following apply:
Chinese New Year's Day
Here are top 6 things that people should avoid doing on the first day of the Chinese New Year.
1. Avoid taking medicine.
1. Avoid taking medicine.
It is for a person to brew herbal medicine or take medicine on the first day of the lunar year, otherwise it is believed he or she will get ill for a whole year.
In some places, after the bell announcing the New Year at midnight New Year's Day, sickly people break their gallipots (medicine pots) in the belief that this custom will drive the illness away in the coming year.
2. Don't sweep or take out garbage.
The act of sweeping on this day is associated with sweeping wealth away. Taking out garbage symbolizes dumping out the good luck or good fortune from the house.
3. Don't eat porridge and meat for breakfast.
Porridge should not be eaten, because it is considered that only poor people have porridge for breakfast, and people don't want to start the year "poor" as this is a bad omen.
Besides, meat should not be eaten at this breakfast out of respect for the (Buddhist) gods (who are believed to be against killing of animals), as all gods are expected to be out meeting and wishing a happy New Year to each other.
4. Don't wash clothes and hair.
People do not wash clothes on the first and second day, because these two days are celebrated as the birthday of Shuishen (水神, the Water God).
Hair must not be washed on the first day of the lunar year. In Chinese language, hair (发) has the same pronunciation (and indeed is the same character) as fa in facai (发财), which means 'to become wealthy’. Therefore, it is seen as not a good thing to “wash one’s fortune away” at the beginning of the New Year.
5. Needle work should not be done.
Needle work should not be done.
The use of knives and scissors is to be avoided for any accident, whether harming a person or tool, is thought to lead to inauspicious things and the depletion of wealth in the coming year.
6. A married daughter is not allowed to visit the house of her parents.
A married daughter is not allowed to visit the house of her parents, as this is believed to bring bad luck to the parents, causing economic hardship for the family. Traditionally a married daughter visits the house of her parents on the second day of Chinese New Year.
Friday, January 20, 2017
7 Reasons the Best Employees Quit, Even When They Like Their Job
To win at being the best company, you must first win over your best employees.
Losing a great employee is a terrible thing. There's the expense of finding, onboarding, and training a replacement. There's the uncertainty of how a new employee will work out. There's the hardship on the rest of your staff until the position can be filled.
Sometimes there's a solid reason--the person was a bad fit for the team, or moved away for personal reasons, or was offered an opportunity too great to pass up. In those cases, even if it's a difficult transition, it feels fundamentally right.
But what about the rest?
Keeping your best employees starts with understanding why people leave. Here are seven of the top reasons:
1. Stagnation
People don't want to think they're locked into a groove and will come to the same place and do the same thing every day for the next 20 or 40 years. People want to feel that they're still moving forward and growing in their professional life. They want to have something to aspire to. If there's no career ladder or structure for advancement, they know they'll need to seek it somewhere else. In the meantime, they're far more likely to be bored, unhappy, and resentful--things that affect performance and the entire team's morale.
2. Overwork
Some periods of stress and feeling overwhelmed come with most jobs, but nothing burns out great employees faster than overwork. And often it's the best employees--the most capable and committed, your most trusted--you overload the most. If they find themselves constantly taking on more and more, especially in the absence of recognition such as promotions and raises, they come to feel they're being taken advantage of. And who could blame them? You'd feel the same.
3. Vague visions
There's nothing more frustrating than a workplace filled with visions and big dreams, but no translation of those aspirations into the strategic goals that make them achievable. Without that connection, it's all just talk. What talented person wants to spend his or her time and energy in support of something undefined? People like to know that they're working to create something, not just spinning their wheels.
4. Profits over people
When an organization values its bottom line more than its people, the best people go elsewhere, leaving behind those who are too mediocre or apathetic to find a better position. The result is a culture of underperformance, low morale, and even disciplinary issues. Of course, things like profit, output, pleasing stakeholders, and productivity are important--but success ultimately depends on the people who do the work.
5. Lack of recognition
Even the most selfless people want to be recognized and rewarded for a job well done. It is part of who we are as human beings. When you fail to recognize employees, you're not only failing to motivate them but also missing out on the most effective way to reinforce great performance. Even if you don't have the budget for raises or bonuses, there are lots of low-cost ways to provide recognition--and a word of appreciation is free. People won't care if they don't feel noticed.
6. Lack of trust
Your employees have a vantage point for viewing your behavior and weigh it against your commitments. If they see you dealing unethically with vendors, lying to stakeholders, cheating clients, or failing to keep your word, the best and most principled of them will leave. The rest, even worse, will stay behind and follow your lead.
7. Excessive hierarchy
Every workplace needs structure and leadership, but a rigidly top-down organization makes for unhappy employees. If your best performers know they're expected to produce without contributing their ideas, if they're not empowered to make decisions, if they're constantly having to defer to others on the basis of their title rather than their expertise, they don't have much to be happy about.
Ultimately, many people who leave their job do so because of the boss, not the work or the organization. Ask yourself what you may be doing to drive your best people away, and start making the changes needed to keep them.
25 Ways To Accidentally Ruin Your Life By 25
1.
Take a job that doesn’t fulfill or inspire you in order to pay the bills and then forget to leave.
2.
Date someone who doesn’t challenge you and stay with them, because it’s easier than taking a chance on being single.
3.
Get the education that your parents wanted you to get and ignore the education (be it institutional or experiential) that you always wanted to get.
4.
Stay in one place when you really want to go and explore.
5.
Go and explore when you really want to stay in one place.
6.
Become so attached to any part of your identity that you forget you’re allowed to experiment and grow and change.
7.
Become so obsessed with saving money that you forget to invest in the life that’s quickly passing you by.
8.
Continuously tell yourself that you’ll try for the things you want once you are richer or fitter or more educated.
9.
Base the majority of your decisions on the fear of rejection rather than the potential for growth.
10.
Only love the people that it makes sense for you to love.
11.
Get your heart shattered and wait for someone else to come put it back together, instead of putting it back together yourself.
12.
Spend so much time missing the past that you forget to build a present or future.
13.
Fall in love with someone who makes you fall out of love with yourself.
14.
Obsess over what you think you deserve instead of actually going out and fighting for it.
15.
Expect life to be fair at any time.
16.
Allow your feelings to steer your life instead of letting them ride in the passenger’s seat.
17.
Numb your feelings to the point where you rob yourself of the chance to make real connections with people.
18.
Let the fear of ridicule triumph over the power of authenticity.
19.
Focus on seeking short-term happiness instead of long-term fulfillment.
20.
Become so goal-oriented that your entire life passes you by in the pursuit of whatever’s up next.
21.
Decide that your relationships with other people can make up for the relationship you lack with yourself.
22.
Decide that the relationship you have with yourself can make up for the relationships you lack with other people.
23.
Refuse to make the first move in any situation unless you’re absolutely sure you will succeed.
24.
Protect yourself from failure and the plethora of lessons it could teach you.
25.
Forget to stop and consider all the ways in which you, at any point in time, may be sabotaging your own life.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Rumah Victory (non-profit organization)
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Rumah Victory
is a non-profit organization, established with the purpose to provide community services especially in the area of drug eradication and rehabilitation. Our centre is located in Jalan Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. This welfare-based organization aspires to offer new hope for a victorious life for those who are misguided and in need. The centres that we provide are Rumah Victory Drug Rehabilitation Centre, Rumah Victory Elderly Home, and Rumah Victory Children and Youth Home.
You can Contract them on
Rumah Victory Head Office
No.2, Jalan 8, Taman Bukit Kuchai,
Batu 8, Jalan Puchong 47100,
Selangor, Malaysia.
TEL: +603-8075 1660
FAX: +603-8075 0626
No.2, Jalan 8, Taman Bukit Kuchai,
Batu 8, Jalan Puchong 47100,
Selangor, Malaysia.
TEL: +603-8075 1660
FAX: +603-8075 0626
website: http://www.rumahvictory.org.my/
An important celebration repeated every year, Chinese New Year will not be complete without its traditional foods. From a big plate of various vegetables to sticky rice, we bring you 5 must-have dishes for CNY.
Originating from Malaysia, ‘Prosperity Toss’ or commonly known as ‘Yee Sang’ is a dish mixture of different types of shredded vegetables and raw fish strips such as salmon. Each ingredient has its own meaning, for example, the fish symbolises prosperity, carrots for good luck and pomelo for wealth.
Friends and family will gather around and toss the ingredients upwards with their chopsticks while shouting their wishes for the year.
2. Broccoli with sea cucumber
Sea cucumber is a delicacy enjoyed by the Chinese for centuries. They also believe that it has a lot of health benefits. It is considered auspicious to have this during Chinese New Year. A tricky dish to prepare for a first-timer as sea cucumber will dissolve in water if it is boiled too long.
3. Pun choi
A dish originated from China, ‘Pun Choi’ is also known as ‘Basin Vegetables’ or ‘Big Bowl Feast’. This unique dish consists of ingredients arranged in layers such as pork, abalone, scallops and prawn to name a few. Similar to ‘Yee Sang’, each ingredient also has its own meaning, for instance the abalone symbolises good fortune and scallops for new hope and luck.
4. Longevity noodles
This special noodles are served not only during Chinese New Year but also on birthdays. Eating this symbolises a long and happy life. Typically uncut and made longer than normal noodles, it is served either fried or served in a bowl of broth.
5. Nian gao
The meaning of ‘Nian Gao’ in Chinese sounds like ‘getting better year after year’. It could mean rise in business or better grades every year. Usually eaten on its own or cooked with yam, this sticky rice cake can be found in every Chinese home during the festive celebration.
China rewrites history books to extend Sino-Japanese war by six years
China’s government has ordered that all Chinese history textbooks be rewritten to extend the second Sino-Japanese war by six years, a move likely to inflame relations with Japan.
The conflict, which has been known for generations in China as the “eight-year war of resistance against Japanese aggression”, is usually recorded as starting in 1937 and ending in 1945. However, in a statement on Wednesday, President Xi Jinping’s government renamed the conflict the “14-year war of resistance against Japanese aggression” and has ordered that textbooks be revised to record it as lasting from 1931 until 1945.
The decision means China officially considers that the second Sino-Japanese war started in autumn of 1931, when the Imperial Japanese army invaded Manchuria, rather than six years later during the Marco Polo Bridge incident, when Japanese and Chinese troops fought along a rail line south-west of Beijing. This event has traditionally been considered by historians everywhere as the start of full-scale conflict between the two countries.
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In recent years, President Xi has worked hard to promote the achievements of the communists during the second world war, despite many historians arguing that it was the Chinese nationalist party, not the communists, who did most of the fighting and led efforts to negotiate a truce with Japan before 1937.
The Communist party has not previously emphasised its role in the country’s conflict with Japan before 1937, a period when communist forces were engaged in a civil war with the Kuomintang nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-shek. It was not until 1937 that the communists and nationalists joined forces to fight the Japanese army.
Historian Antony Beevor told the Guardian that while there has long been a debate about the start of the war, China’s decision to revise the dates “does show weakness rather than strength”.
“The Communist party did very little to resist the Japanese during 1931-37, so why try to pretend otherwise? I can only imagine that this is an attempt to reverse the recent tide of historiography, which has recognised that Chiang Kai-Shek and the nationalists had been very unfairly treated not just by Chinese communist dogma, but also by the US administration and journalists of the time,” he said.
Beevor, whose book The Second World War begins with Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in 1931, said it was hard to tell how Japan would react.
“The invasion of Manchuria was brutal colonialism, but the Sino-Japanese war from 1937 was a semi-genocidal war, comparable only to Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union,” he said.
Zhang Lifan, a historian in Beijing, told the New York Times that while revising the dates was justified in terms of historical accuracy, the decision would have been motivated by the possible political benefits for the Communist party and may encourage anti-Japanese sentiment.
“Chinese leaders still have a cold war mentality,” he said. “They’ve tried to conjure up imaginary enemies in the world.”
Yasuhisa Kawamura, press secretary for the Japanese ministry of foreign affairs, said on Thursday that China did not have the power to decide when the conflict started. “It is important that Japan and China should demonstrate they do not focus excessively on the unfortunate past,” he said.
Japan’s government has been criticised in the past for attempts to revise school textbooks to remove or downplay instances of Japanese military aggression, which critics fear may push the country farther from its postwar pacifism. In 2007, Shinzo Abe’s conservative government ordered history books change all references to forced suicides during the second world war.
In 2013, plans were mooted that would require all Japanese textbooks to include viewpoints of nationalist scholars on contentious historical data, including the death toll of the 1937 massacre in Nanking of Chinese civilians by Japanese soldiers. China’s official estimate is 300,000, but most Japanese scholars say that figure is a vast exaggeration.
The decision means China officially considers that the second Sino-Japanese war started in autumn of 1931, when the Imperial Japanese army invaded Manchuria, rather than six years later during the Marco Polo Bridge incident, when Japanese and Chinese troops fought along a rail line south-west of Beijing. This event has traditionally been considered by historians everywhere as the start of full-scale conflict between the two countries.
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In recent years, President Xi has worked hard to promote the achievements of the communists during the second world war, despite many historians arguing that it was the Chinese nationalist party, not the communists, who did most of the fighting and led efforts to negotiate a truce with Japan before 1937.
The Communist party has not previously emphasised its role in the country’s conflict with Japan before 1937, a period when communist forces were engaged in a civil war with the Kuomintang nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-shek. It was not until 1937 that the communists and nationalists joined forces to fight the Japanese army.
Historian Antony Beevor told the Guardian that while there has long been a debate about the start of the war, China’s decision to revise the dates “does show weakness rather than strength”.
“The Communist party did very little to resist the Japanese during 1931-37, so why try to pretend otherwise? I can only imagine that this is an attempt to reverse the recent tide of historiography, which has recognised that Chiang Kai-Shek and the nationalists had been very unfairly treated not just by Chinese communist dogma, but also by the US administration and journalists of the time,” he said.
Beevor, whose book The Second World War begins with Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in 1931, said it was hard to tell how Japan would react.
“The invasion of Manchuria was brutal colonialism, but the Sino-Japanese war from 1937 was a semi-genocidal war, comparable only to Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union,” he said.
Zhang Lifan, a historian in Beijing, told the New York Times that while revising the dates was justified in terms of historical accuracy, the decision would have been motivated by the possible political benefits for the Communist party and may encourage anti-Japanese sentiment.
“Chinese leaders still have a cold war mentality,” he said. “They’ve tried to conjure up imaginary enemies in the world.”
Yasuhisa Kawamura, press secretary for the Japanese ministry of foreign affairs, said on Thursday that China did not have the power to decide when the conflict started. “It is important that Japan and China should demonstrate they do not focus excessively on the unfortunate past,” he said.
Japan’s government has been criticised in the past for attempts to revise school textbooks to remove or downplay instances of Japanese military aggression, which critics fear may push the country farther from its postwar pacifism. In 2007, Shinzo Abe’s conservative government ordered history books change all references to forced suicides during the second world war.
In 2013, plans were mooted that would require all Japanese textbooks to include viewpoints of nationalist scholars on contentious historical data, including the death toll of the 1937 massacre in Nanking of Chinese civilians by Japanese soldiers. China’s official estimate is 300,000, but most Japanese scholars say that figure is a vast exaggeration.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Unifi is Give Thanks Your Surprise!
You can login to this website https://www.tm.com.my/thankyousurprise/
Enter the Detail and get the Surprise Free Speed Upgrade Enjoy the Speed Upgrade
FAQ Thank You Surprise Free Speed Upgrade
'THANK YOU SURPRISES' FREE SPEED UPGRADE | |
1. | When will customers start enjoying the Free Speed Upgrade? |
- | Customers will start enjoying the upgrade in stages. Customers may check the information from the website. |
2. | Can customers request to expedite the Speed Upgrade slot? |
- | The arrangement of speed upgrade is based on the network and system readiness. Therefore, we are not able to entertain such request. |
3. | What should a customer do to ensure smooth upgrading? |
- | Customers are advised to pay outstanding bills and complete any other requests for example relocation and change of service owner to ensure smooth process of the Speed Upgrade. |
4. | Will customers receive any notification on the upgrading? |
- | Customers will be notified via SMS prior to and after the Speed Upgrade. SMS prior to upgrading: RM0.00 TM: Good news! You’ll be upgraded to higher speed! Pls ensure you have no outstanding bills & pending orders. We will notify you upon upgrade completion. SMS after upgrading : RM0.00 Msg frm TM: Your new UniFi package has been activated. Please turn off modem power, wait 10 minutes, then turn back on to allow synchronization to the server. TQ |
5. | Can customers choose not to upgrade their package? |
- | Yes, customers can continue with their current speed and pay the same price. There will be no price reduction or discount given. |
6. | Is there any additional costs if a new CPE is required? |
- | The migration will be seamless, thus customers’ current CPE should be able to support the upgrade. However, there may be cases where TM will need to send installers to change customer’s current CPE. |
- | Only customers upgrading to UniFi PRO PLAN (100Mbps) will need to change their CPE. |
- | All standard installation and CPE (if required) will be provided for FREE as part of the upgrade. |
- | Non-standard installation will be charged as per current practice as stated in TM website. |
- | For customers who have lost their HyppTV setup box, they may request for a new unit with an additional cost, which will be charged to their UniFi bill. Alternatively, customers can choose for 1-year contract renewal. |
7. | Will the customer’s service contract be renewed? How about CPE warranty extension? |
- | No, the customer’s service contract will not be renewed following the upgrading exercise. |
- | No contract to be refreshed, therefore, CPE warranty will not be extended following the upgrading exercise. |
8. | Will UniFi VIP customers continue to enjoy free unlimited calls? |
- | Yes, customers will be given a Voice Plan and thus they will continue to enjoy free unlimited calls to TM Fixed line. |
9. | What should customers do after the upgrading has been completed? |
- | Customers need to restart their modem in order to enjoy the new speed. |
10. | Does the speed upgrade still available for customers who requested for relocation? |
- | Yes, customers will still enjoy Free Speed upgrade at the new premise, subject to technical and network availability. |
- | In the case that the upgrade is not possible at the new premise, customers will remain with the original UniFi plan. |
- | The price will also remain the same without any discount. |
11. | Does the speed upgrade still available for customers who requested for change of owner? |
- | Yes, the new owner will enjoy the free speed upgrade if the previous owner have not yet received the Free Speed Upgrade. |
12. | After the upgrade, what will happen to the customer’s other services (ie TM homeline, HyppTV pack etc?) |
- | Other services remain unchanged. No contract renewal for the other services. |
13. | Can customers request for rebate if there is delay in the upgrading? |
- | No, there will be no rebate given to customer. |
14. | Will the customers’ credit limit change following the upgrading? |
- | Customers who are involved in the upgrading exercise will be notified via SMS or email on their new credit limit. |
Speed limits to be 10 km/h lower during CNY
Heading back to your hometown this Chinese New Year? Take note that speed limits across all federal and state roads will be 10 km/h lower as part of Ops Bersepadu, according to The Star.
From January 21 to February 5, the new speed limits will be 80 km/h on federal roads and 70 km/h on state roads, said transport minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, adding that heavy vehicles will also be prohibited from using highways on January 26, 27, 31 and February 1.
“In 2016 alone, the number of fatalities due to accidents had risen sharply to over 7,000 deaths,” he said. “This is very worrying. Statistics will remain statistics if we all don’t do our part to reduce the number of accidents.”
Speaking of statistics, Liow said that the number of fatal road accidents rose from 6,193 in 2015 to 6,570 last year, while the number of deaths climbed from 6,706 to 7,152. In total, 521,446 accidents occurred in 2016 compared to 489,606 the year before.
He also mentioned that 80.6% of those accidents were caused by human error, while 62.7% of fatal accidents involved motorcyclists. “The realities of the figures should be an eye-opener to everyone to adopt a safe and careful attitude when on the road,” he said.
Liow added that integrated enforcement would be carried out under Ops Bersepadu, with the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety (MIROS) conducting an assessment of the effectiveness of the operation during the festive season.
Technical Issue Disrupts Shell Stations Throughout Malaysia
If you wondering why your favorite Shell petrol station is closed earlier today or even till now, this might be the reason. According to several media reports, technical difficulties have been hitting the Shell Malaysia’s centralized system to the extent that it affects the operations of 900 Shell stations throughout the country.
The issue apparently took place from around 12 to 1am which rendered petrol pumps in these station inoperable. At the same time, the stations were also not able to process payments or Bonuslink transactions since both activities are tied to the centralized system.
Shell Malaysia then published an official notice on its Facebook page at 9:43am to notify their customers of the issue. However, the situation doesn’t improve much until after 5pm although the company did continuously replied comments from concerned customers throughout the day.
Up until this article is published, the system has yet to make full recovery but Shell Malaysia has pointed out at 8:13pm that around 230 stations are now able to operate normally. So, in general, things have indeed look better for Shell Malaysia.
Five reasons not to convert 26in to 650b
Why you should leave well enough alone and wait for the real deal
Five reasons NOT to convert your 26in trail bike to a 650b
1. Not a sure thing
There are countless forum threads devoted to cramming slightly-larger-than-appropriate wheels into 26-inch frames. Much of the forum chatter about conversions centers on figuring out which frames and forks are suitable for conversion.
There’s no guarantee your 26-inch frame will accommodate 650b wheels. You didn’t mention what bike you own. If you happen to own a Santa Cruz Blur TRc or an Ibis Mojo HD—the two most popular bikes for 650b conversion—then it is doable, though both companies agree it is not ideal.
2. Just because the wheel fits doesn’t mean it will work
You’re not out of the woods just because your bike can accommodate 650b wheels and tires. While it may look like it will work in the repair stand, the real test is when you empty all the air from the front and rear suspension. On full compression the rear wheel may hit the seat tube. Even more worrisome, the front tire may contact the fork’s crown when it bottoms out.
Don't blame the bike: a 26-inch wheel fits just fine
The workarounds for suspension/tire interference issues include a number of Band-Aid solutions; some are more reliable than others, and all compromise performance to one degree or another.
A number of 26-inch forks can fit a 650b wheel, though you’ll need to add rubber bumpers to prevent your fork kissing your front tire, and you may need to limit the rear suspension in a similar fashion.
Rather than adding bumpers to your 26-inch fork you could buy a 650b-specific fork, which will have it’s own implications on your bike’s handling.
This should be all the reason you should need not to stick a 650b wheel into a Fox fork without first limiting its travel
3. Downsize your tires, downsize the difference
Another option often used to minimize frame and fork interference is to run lower volume tires. While doing so can skirt tire clearance issues, it’s also a surefire way to negate the potential benefits of 650b wheels.
Question: What’s the difference between a 650b wheel shod in a 2.1in tire and a 26in wheel wrapped in an aggressive 2.35in tread?
Answer: Very little in terms of outer diameter, but a world of difference in terms of capability. If you find yourself in this situation, I recommend sticking with smaller wheels and bigger tires.
Clearance is tight with a real trail tire—do you really want to run a skinny XC tire on your trail bike?
4. Performance will be middling at best
For the sake of this exercise, let’s imagine that you chose not to heed my advice and went ahead and successfully converted your 26-inch trail bike.
All may be well. At the very least, you’ll have purchased a new set of tires and wheels, and maybe a fork, in the pursuit of slightly larger wheels—certainly cheaper than investing in a new bike.
Conversely, you may find that—despite all the hype you’ve read about 650b wheels—your reaction can best be described as “meh.” Is your melancholy the result of the slight, 25mm increase in rim diameter, or the sum of the other variables you unintentionally threw into the mix?
If the only thing you did was cram 650b wheels into your frame then you've raised the bottom bracket. If you added bumpers to your suspension to eliminate the risk of bottom-out you also decreased the bike's travel. There’s also the possibility that, as a result of adding 650b wheels, you must run narrower tires than you’re accustomed in order to clear the frame and/or front fork. If you opted to run a 650b-specific fork you’ve also slackened the head and seat tube angles, raised the bottom bracket, and lengthened the wheelbase. You have effectively bought, or rather built, a new bike after all.
It’s hard to focus on the merits of a wheel size after introducing so many other confounding variables into the equation. No 650b conversion will perform as well as a purpose-built machine.
5. Patience is a virtue
Ask yourself, is it really worth cramming a slightly larger wheel into your frame and fork to gain marginal traction and roll-over benefits at the possible expense of tire clearance, suspension performance and handling?
There is a spate of 650b models—everything from hardtails to downhill bikes—set to be available in the coming months. By the end of the year it is highly likely that your favorite wheels, tires, rims and suspension forks will be offered in 650b, if they’re not already. And if you're not ready to drop the coin for a 650b trail bike, the odds are one of your riding buddies is. Test a bike designed around 650b wheels and base your conclusions on that, not a converted 26-inch trail bike.
And if I were a betting man, I would wager that the 26-inch trail and all-mountain bikes that are favorites of the 650b conversion crowd will also be offered in purpose-built 650b versions in the very near future…
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