Well technically I didn't say the renaming was the reason for the success,
I said it was successful later as the renamed thing.
On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 4:15:35 AM UTC-7 Eric Daume wrote:
> I’m going to mildly correct Joe; it wasn’t the renaming that made 29ers
> successful where the 700c
I’m going to mildly correct Joe; it wasn’t the renaming that made 29ers
successful where the 700c mountain bikes failed, it was the tires. Going
from a ~44mm tire to a 2.1” makes a lot of difference. Add in a suspension
fork, and suddenly you have a bike that can be appreciated by people who
were
Jacob: I defy and contradict and rebut Garth when he says: "*The term
"29er" came about because the mtb crowd wouldn't dare be associated with
them thar road biker crowd so they had to call it* something.*"* The term
"29er" describes the rough diameter of a 700C wheel with a roughly 2" tire,
just
Hi, All.
I did a quick search but didn't find a thread, so let me know if you know
of one re this topic and I can remove this re Clem L's 59cm with 29ers:
I noticed on the Riv site that 59cm Clem's can take 700c rims and "29er
Tires". Does that mean that it can take 29in rims, or...? I may
