27.5 is the new 29

For those that haven't been to an LBS for a while, the new standard in
mountain bike wheel size is 27.5 aka 650b. Please destroy all your 26
and 29 size wheel mountain bikes and buy new 27.5 bikes.

Shop owners: please stock 27.5" tubes and a wide variety of 27.5" tires.

http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx.
This article concludes that you must move to 27.5.

sms writes:

For those that haven't been to an LBS for a while, the new standard in
mountain bike wheel size is 27.5 aka 650b. Please destroy all your 26
and 29 size wheel mountain bikes and buy new 27.5 bikes.

Shop owners: please stock 27.5" tubes and a wide variety of 27.5" tires.

http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx. This
article concludes that you must move to 27.5.

A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:

"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well
below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."


--
Joe Riel

On 7/28/2013 8:57 AM, Joe Riel wrote:
sms writes:

For those that haven't been to an LBS for a while, the new standard in
mountain bike wheel size is 27.5 aka 650b. Please destroy all your 26
and 29 size wheel mountain bikes and buy new 27.5 bikes.

Shop owners: please stock 27.5" tubes and a wide variety of 27.5" tires.

http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx. This
article concludes that you must move to 27.5.

A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:

"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well
below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."

The magazine needs its advertisers to sell product.

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:57:46 AM UTC-4, JoeRiel wrote:
http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx.

A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:

"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well
below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."

I'd say it was amazing. It looks like what happens when you give an English major a tape measure and tell him he's now a technical writer.

And yet the statement will be taken as fact, and probably quoted with religious fervor.

- Frank Krygowski

On 7/28/2013 2:27 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:57:46 AM UTC-4, JoeRiel wrote:
http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx.

A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:

"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well
below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."

I'd say it was amazing. It looks like what happens when you give an English major a tape measure and tell him he's now a technical writer.

And yet the statement will be taken as fact, and probably quoted with religious fervor.

- Frank Krygowski


It may just be satire.
584mm 650B falls between MTB 559mm and 700C 622mm, nowhere
near 27" 630mm rims.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

AMuzi writes:

On 7/28/2013 2:27 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:57:46 AM UTC-4, JoeRiel wrote:
http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx.

A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:

"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well
below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."

I'd say it was amazing. It looks like what happens when you give an English major a tape measure and tell him he's now a technical writer.

And yet the statement will be taken as fact, and probably quoted with religious fervor.

- Frank Krygowski


It may just be satire.

I wish that were true, but doubt it.

584mm 650B falls between MTB 559mm and 700C 622mm, nowhere near 27"
630mm rims.

What is the diameter of a 29er rim? Rim and wheel?

--
Joe Riel

Joe Riel wrote:
584mm 650B falls between MTB 559mm and 700C 622mm, nowhere near
27" 630mm rims.

What is the diameter of a 29er rim? Rim and wheel?

622mm.

--
Best regards
helmut springer panta rhei

On 7/28/2013 3:52 PM, Joe Riel wrote:
AMuzi writes:

On 7/28/2013 2:27 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:57:46 AM UTC-4, JoeRiel wrote:
http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx.

A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:

"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well
below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."

I'd say it was amazing. It looks like what happens when you give an English major a tape measure and tell him he's now a technical writer.

And yet the statement will be taken as fact, and probably quoted with religious fervor.

- Frank Krygowski


It may just be satire.

I wish that were true, but doubt it.

584mm 650B falls between MTB 559mm and 700C 622mm, nowhere near 27"
630mm rims.

What is the diameter of a 29er rim? Rim and wheel?


622mm.
It's a 700C with enhanced marketing.

Widths range from a skinny 18mm on a continuum to about 54mm
(plus knobby treads sticking out).

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:04:50 PM UTC+1, AMuzi wrote:
On 7/28/2013 3:52 PM, Joe Riel wrote:

AMuzi writes:



On 7/28/2013 2:27 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:57:46 AM UTC-4, JoeRiel wrote:

http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx.



A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:



"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well

below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."



I'd say it was amazing. It looks like what happens when you give an English major a tape measure and tell him he's now a technical writer.



And yet the statement will be taken as fact, and probably quoted with religious fervor.



- Frank Krygowski





It may just be satire.



I wish that were true, but doubt it.



584mm 650B falls between MTB 559mm and 700C 622mm, nowhere near 27"

630mm rims.



What is the diameter of a 29er rim? Rim and wheel?





622mm.

It's a 700C with enhanced marketing.



Widths range from a skinny 18mm on a continuum to about 54mm

(plus knobby treads sticking out).



--

Andrew Muzi

www.yellowjersey.org/

Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A real 29er, as I've explained before, is a 60mm tyre on a 622mm rim at the very least 24mm wide. A rim any narrower doesn't permit the lowest inflation, which is a part of the definition; narrower rims than 40% of tyre width were included in the ERTRO recommendations because the marketing companies screamed that they were being put out of business, not because of any technical revelation on the road to the bank.

Anything else than 60mm or wider tyres on rims 24mm or wider across the beads and 622 or taller -- is just marketing departments trying to turn a dishonest buck by stealing the clothes of the real thing.

Andre Jute
Truth in advertising!

On Sunday, 28 July 2013 22:04:50 UTC+1, AMuzi wrote:
On 7/28/2013 3:52 PM, Joe Riel wrote:

AMuzi writes:



On 7/28/2013 2:27 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:57:46 AM UTC-4, JoeRiel wrote:

http://mbaction.com/Main/News/Shootout-Wheel-Wars-29-vs-275-vs-26-5159.aspx.



A typical bull**** article. The following is amusing:



"Weighting the pedals of a 29er puts much of the rider's weight well

below the axles, which has a profound stabilizing effect."



I'd say it was amazing. It looks like what happens when you give an English major a tape measure and tell him he's now a technical writer.



And yet the statement will be taken as fact, and probably quoted with religious fervor.



- Frank Krygowski





It may just be satire.



I wish that were true, but doubt it.



584mm 650B falls between MTB 559mm and 700C 622mm, nowhere near 27"

630mm rims.



What is the diameter of a 29er rim? Rim and wheel?





622mm.

It's a 700C with enhanced marketing.



Widths range from a skinny 18mm on a continuum to about 54mm

(plus knobby treads sticking out).


AKA 28" +roids