Which modern wheel size will win out?

[monty dog]

Fatter tyres = less rolling resistance., plusthat you get more grip can only be a good thing IMO - I simply like the fact that I can ride stuff that's defeated me for years on a regular MTB - I want a pedal-bike not a push-bike!

 

[JamesM]

Fatter tyres = less rolling resistance., plusthat you get more grip can only be a good thing IMO

So with 26" wheels you can run bigger tyres than on a 27.5 for the same weight and you'll close diameter gap down too. My 26x2.3 Conti's come up at around 27".

 

[cce]

650b for most people, 29er for giants and XC racers

 

[FluffyChicken]

Re:

The thing is if we started on 24" wheels and then used 700c because road bikes use them and then so did cross country (be honest it's the only reason they went for that size)
Then the middle group, the lefect size as they say would be different.

Or if they had stuck with the obscure 650b size at the start we'd have another middle size.

I still think, grow the wheel size with the size if the frame.

Not that that has stopped BMX bandits from riding kids sized bikes with kids wheel sizes.

Honestly wheel size does not matte unless the biek gets too big or too small for you. It's the rider riding it in the end.

And we all know early 80s/circa 90s/mid 90/late 90s/these modern fangled circa 00s bikes* make you happy.


*delete as applicable

 

[The History Man]

Discuss.

 

[ultrazenith]

Discuss.

Beautiful. I want both.

 

[cce]

It's pretty obvious which is better designed for your proportions

 

[The History Man]

Exactly. Horses for courses.

 

[Mike Muz]

It's pretty obvious which is better designed for your proportions

All depends on what you like. For me the Rourke is the obvious choice. The same height as HM, I like a racey position more than upright

Mike

 

[The History Man]

Discuss.

Beautiful. I want both.

Sitting here waiting for Paisley Freight :xmas-wink: