My comments were not constructive? Ostensibly, tall people like me form your customer pool, and I'm also the owner of two full custom bikes, which is another thing that would put me in your target market. I'm just trying to give you my viewpoint as a tall person who owns many different bikes, in 4 wheel sizes.
I plainly stated the practical difficulties that would come with owning a wheel size that I termed as "esoteric". Perhaps a better term would be "not in wide distribution". 27", 700C/29er, 650B/27.5er and 26" stuff is pretty easy to find both online and at B&M LBS shops. I don't want to deal with the difficulty of using a wheel size that I have to order disposable parts for online-only. Not being able to buy tubes at the LBS is a serious limitation for me. If I'm out on a randonneuring ride and I need more tubes, it is comforting that I can stop at a bike shop, or even Walmart or Target and pick up some 26x1.5 tubes, which work fine on a 650B setup for me. I see nothing inherently unsafe about 700c for larger frames, at least, in the sizes that I would use at 6'7". I even took it to the next level and converted my Rivendell to 650B which is an even smaller wheel. My bike doesn't seem unstable in the least. Maybe it is different for guys who are nearly 7' like Bill Walton that I saw on your website. I don't have any data points for 7 footers because I am not one and don't know any. But it seems to me if you are having problems with stability, your frame geometry would be the first place to look, not the size of your wheels. I don't ride mountain bikes anymore either. If I need to do light trails, or ride through some gravel, I just use my Rivendell and air down the tires a bit. Perhaps 36" rolls better in serious off-road. That being said I had no problem riding 26" MTBs off road in the 90s when I was into that sort of thing. But let me just say that, I am not against your bikes at all. If at some point down the road I decide to purchase another mountain bike I will give you a call because I do agree that they are aesthetically pleasing with the larger wheels. -Jim On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:47 PM, davidfrench <nydavidfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > ISO is 787. > Tires are available and 2.25" created by VeeRuber. > I'm working in a road tire. > Of course they are not available at your LBS but I never had the need to > change a tire in the wild after 2 years and thousands of hard miles (and > two flats) on road, trails and even raced (sea otter). > I appreciate constructive criticism. The problem is clearly identified as > 700c wheels and traditional frames are not safe for taller riders. > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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/d/optout.
