On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected]> wrote: > One curious phenomenon is that Atlantis frames in size 58 (700c) > outsold those in size 56 (26") by a large multiple. I often got the > impression that folks exaggerated their PBH measurements because of > some apprehension about 26" wheels. After I had my Atlantis for a > couple years, I found myself wishing for the improved clearances of > 26" wheels. My custom tourer/all-rounder is basically a 58 Atlantis > with 26" wheels. Apparently Surly saw the benefits of 26" wheeled > touring bikes, too.
I've seen this too, to the extreme of a 5'2" rider refusing to buy a road bike with anything but 700c wheels, with the idea that they wouldn't be able to keep up on group rides if they used smaller wheels (never mind that the gearing could easily be made the same). There is a lot of value in trying different sizes for different applications (i ride 64cm frames and have bikes of 3 different wheel sizes), but in some cases the compromises involved get pretty questionable, and in some cases it's downright unsafe. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
