Big Wheels or Small Wheels?
By Lennard Zinn
Reprinted from VeloNews, July, 2005.
I must fess up to the selfish excitement I felt when I first heard about 29-inch wheels. Being a tall rider never completely comfortable with feeling a bit gangly riding with others, a tall bike with normal-sized wheels looks out of proportion and, well, gangly. 29-inch wheels seemed like the perfect way to avoid that Are those normal wheels on your bike? They look so small question. For a tall rider, bigger wheels make sense; the bike is not only more normally proportioned, but the steering tube length on suspension forks is no longer such a limit on the maximum handlebar height, since the top of the fork is three inches higher due to the taller wheel. My own testing of big wheels head-to-head with 26-inch ones has put a grin on my face, but can the majority of people populating the earth benefit from taller, heavier wheels as well?....
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By Lennard Zinn
Reprinted from VeloNews, July, 2005.
I must fess up to the selfish excitement I felt when I first heard about 29-inch wheels. Being a tall rider never completely comfortable with feeling a bit gangly riding with others, a tall bike with normal-sized wheels looks out of proportion and, well, gangly. 29-inch wheels seemed like the perfect way to avoid that Are those normal wheels on your bike? They look so small question. For a tall rider, bigger wheels make sense; the bike is not only more normally proportioned, but the steering tube length on suspension forks is no longer such a limit on the maximum handlebar height, since the top of the fork is three inches higher due to the taller wheel. My own testing of big wheels head-to-head with 26-inch ones has put a grin on my face, but can the majority of people populating the earth benefit from taller, heavier wheels as well?....
Read the rest: http://www.zinncycles.com/wheels29.aspx
