Looking through tire maker catalogs it can be confusing to see that there are 26" road tubular and 26" mtb tires but they will not fit each other rims, why?
The so called 26" road tubular tires are indeed 650c size. This means the rim diameter is 571mm
The 26" mtb size has 559mm rim diameter.
It is a 6mm difference between both size and tires will not fit on different type like a 26" mtb tire on a 650c rim, etc...
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Showing posts with label 650c. Show all posts
Friday, July 24, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
What bike is it?
It seems there is a market gap.
On 1 side there are Road bikes which comes 99% of the time with 700c wheel size, 650c comes mostly for smaller rider, women or triathlon.
On the other side, there are MTB which comes out in various specific type, most 99% are for off-road use.
Which means mainly with suspension forks and fat (wide section) tires.
There are no bikes made for hilly and mountainous roads on the market.
26" wheel sized "road" bikes are the most efficient bikes on technical roads.
My concept bike is taking me through the whole bicycle culture.
I have to redesign everything from scratch as standard MTB and road bikes are not bicycles aimed for 26" wheel sized Alpine bike.
What should I call this bike category?
On 1 side there are Road bikes which comes 99% of the time with 700c wheel size, 650c comes mostly for smaller rider, women or triathlon.
On the other side, there are MTB which comes out in various specific type, most 99% are for off-road use.
Which means mainly with suspension forks and fat (wide section) tires.
There are no bikes made for hilly and mountainous roads on the market.
26" wheel sized "road" bikes are the most efficient bikes on technical roads.
My concept bike is taking me through the whole bicycle culture.
I have to redesign everything from scratch as standard MTB and road bikes are not bicycles aimed for 26" wheel sized Alpine bike.
What should I call this bike category?
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