Our tandem, which is quite large, has 26" wheels. The rims are from DaVinci and are very good. Since they promote 26" as the right wheel for tandems, and it does have distinct advantages for them, I doubt they will go away.
Michael On Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:37:05 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > I don't think they'll every do away with them, but they'll be > relegated to entry level bikes only. I think it's Giant that's > converting it's entire women-specific line up to 650B. Cool for the B > movement, but not so cool for the woman that wants the perfectly > rideable 26" bike. > > On 8/22/13, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > If the bike world dispenses with both 559 and 571, I'll be SOL since my > two > > customs use quote 26 inch unquote wheels. Fortunately I have a stash. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < > > thil...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > >> The 559 MTB world is getting smaller. I hear some fairly large MTB > >> companies are more or less pulling the plug on 559. Santa Cruz comes to > >> mind. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> > >> On Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:14:48 PM UTC-5, William wrote: > >>> > >>> Pacenti is apparently getting out of the 26" rim business. All their > >>> 559 > >>> rims that were previously $85 are now being blown out at $29. They > are > >>> all > >>> disk only. His website is bikelugs.com > >>> > >> -- > >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* > > Certified Resume Writer > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > -- 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.
