I believe it had to do with being able to cram a 29' wheel into the geometry of a smaller bike.
On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:49:29 AM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 01/06/2014 01:52 PM, Tonester wrote: > > I've been in process of trying to determine a single off-road > > compliment to my Atlantis and have decided that 26ers are fine for > > road and light off road but just don't roll like a 29er. I've not > > ridden a 650b yet but I'm told that at "our" height (6'3" with 91PBH) > > the benefit of 650b mountain is mostly lost. > > How does that make any kind of sense at all? If there's a benefit to > any specific wheel size for MTB it would have to do with the > characteristics of that wheel, not the height of the rider. > > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
