Some folks believe that 26" wheels are best for touring because of their widespread availability. I.e., if you're touring in Borneo you'll still find tires, tubes, and wheels.
Other than parts availability, I don't believe that one wheel size has an inherent advantage over the others. Rivendell/Grant believes in sizing the wheel diameter to correlate to the frame size. Some of their bikes have 26" wheels for the small frames, 650b wheels in the middle sizes, and 700c for the large sizes. Grant designs the frames to have roughly the same tire clearance for each wheel size, so each size rides similarly to the others. I applaud this approach, because a bike with smaller-diameter wheels fits better for shorter people. I cringe when I build up 47 and 49 cm road frames with 700c wheels at the shop where I work. Those short folks could have a better-fitting, better-handling bike if they used smaller hoops. Tim On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:46 PM, john <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm wondering about the difference in tire sizes for loaded touring. > > Wouldn't a 26" wheel work better for loaded touring, regardless of the > frame size? > > Why therefore doesn't Rivendell offer 26" wheels in their larger > touring-capable frames, like the Atlantis and Hunq? > > What am I missing here? > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
