I think the reason is to get better tire choices which, in this case, I guess means better road tire choices (since 559 has all sorts of good off road rubber).
As to Jan's presumed proof, he found that for his riders, bigger (forget to what point, I doubt to 29" size) didn't require more effort over road-side rumblestrips. Hardly a universal conclusion. I find that fat, 700c tires certainly roll better over sand and low amplitude, high frequency bumps compared to 559 equivalents. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Edwin W <[email protected]> wrote: > I always get why people size down from 27 to 700c, 700c to 650b: more >> clearance, bigger, softer tires, it is a Bob/Riv thing. >> Why go up in size? Different tire choices? >> I thought Jan Heine taught us all that we don't get any advantage from a >> slightly bigger circumference tire in terms of rolling over objects, speed, >> etc... >> >> > Edwin "never done a conversion myself, but want to hear more" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- __________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS BUILDING COME-ON!! $300 off a $600 resume + letter or Linked In profile package with referral that leads to full price sale! Refer two full-pay clients and you get the package for free! I am not cheap, but I am very good. So they say. http://resumespecialties.com/testimonials.html Patrick Moore, Ph.D, MBA, ACRW, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://resumespecialties.com/index.html * [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
