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 used to normal mtbs.
Eric On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh you'd probably have to dig a while to come upon this information, most > of us only know it cuz we were around when the "700c mountain bike" was a > huge flop, then someone had the bright idea to rename the wheel and the > 29er was born. > > See, also: 650B - an old French size Riv and a couple others revived > 16-or-so years ago - became 27.5 for MTBs. > > Joe "my 650B Riv has 27.5" tires" Bernard > > On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 3:29:32 PM UTC-7 Jacob Lopez wrote: > >> Well, I feel silly. A little more research could have answered that! >> Thanks, folks! I appreciate that. Makes sense now, the part where it says >> 29er *tires*... >> >> ~Jacob >> >> On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 3:20:16 PM UTC-7 Garth wrote: >> >>> Jacob, 700c and 29er, 29in all refer to the same rim diameter of 622mm. >>> 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*. A fatter tire would only induce toe overlap if the frame >>> didn't have sufficient clearance to begin with and/or you pedal midfoot >>> with big feet and long cranks. The latest Clems though have so much >>> front-center(measured from the center BB to center front axle), none of the >>> above applies. >>> On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 6:01:54 PM UTC-4 Jacob Lopez wrote: >>> >>>> 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 be >>>> looking to size up on my 52cm Clem L to a 59cm and I'm super curious to how >>>> 29's perform on this size. Any experience with that (if, of course I'm >>>> reading the specs right and the bike can take 29in wheels)? Does this >>>> introduce toe-overlap? >>>> >>>> Jacob >>>> San Diego, CA >>>> >>> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/rbw-owners-bunch/d42e07df-c6d3-435f-8ddb-d199abf5bdefn% > 40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d42e07df-c6d3-435f-8ddb-d199abf5bdefn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5B3b%3DCrnYxf%3DY5n0xgUpEzDUfFCBW2iRHBzzXaR_p8AGQ%40mail.gmail.com.
