Scott is plunging both feet first into rapidly changing world of wheel sizes; they’ve announced that they’re going for the new 27.5+ tyre sizes in a big way, and they’ve released a video to shout about it…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1MqLfRGOg4
The basic idea is that the larger (but not too large) tyres, and wider rims, let you run lower pressures more effectively, give you better roll-over and more grip with a larger contact patch. Certainly, wider rims are something we’re hugely in favour of in the office, although the 27.5+ story is generating a little more intrigue before we fully commit.
Scott have decided that Peak Width is around 2.8in, to avoid squirming and to give riders the best of both worlds. They’re added a ‘plus’ model to four of their models, the Scale 710 Plus:
The Genius 700 Tuned Plus:
The Genius LT 700 Tuned Plus
, and the E-Genius 710 Plus ‘leccybike
Because of the similarities in tyre diameter, they’ll all take 29er wheels and tyres up to a size of 2.3, apparently. And the Nobby Nics they’ve got on there are around 800g – not super light, but not massive heavyweights either. They’re adopting a lot of the other new dimensions too – the front hub spacing goes up to 110mm, and the rear is 148 boost, for nice strong wheels.
Brendand Fairclough seems keen:
For more details click here
When will these be available to test ride/buy?
when? and how much?
Bit more tyre choice coming soon then hopefully.
I can’t help but think that Scale looks correct.
So 26″ was too small
29″ was too big
27.5 was about right
27.5+ is about the same as 29″
So 26+ would be about the same as 27.5 and therefore spot on?