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Whether you call it 650b or 27.5, the new wheel size is poised to take over in 2014. Rumors were strong that many companies were going to offer 26" wheels on only DH bikes and xc models under $600-800 price point; the rest will be 27.5 or 29. Hutchinson had the only new tires I was allowed to photograph, but there are big things coming in 2014 in both the big wheel and enduro markets.