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Nice to see BikeSnobNYC cutting through the marketing BS and getting right to the crux of the matter.
Its been evident for a couple of years now that these clown wheeled bikes are gaining popularity amongst STW users and apart from those folk over 6'2" tall i just couldnt understand, till this...
I wondered why Walmart was selling bikes with giant wheels and lots of spokes, at which point someone wandered over to examine one. It was then, looking at this person, that I realized it's because the average American weighs something like 350lbs. And don't give me that nonsense about how smaller-diamater wheels are intrinsically stronger, because it's all about [b]"angle of attack,"[/b] and when a 350lb Walmart shopper is riding a 26-inch mountain bike with flat tires on a poorly-maintained sidewalk those tiny wheels are basically little better than wedges.
embrace the paunch, be proudly middle aged and overweight*, fill the mountain bike forum full of 'diet' talk and buy yourself a big wheeler.
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32incher, rigid, drivetrain unknown.
*IT working, Audi driving still optional.
one of those bikes with 'proper' brakes?
i'm sold!
Imagine the shrapnel from that many spokes when they go off, which they will! 😉
New Genesis 32" model? Things have changed there )
Seeing as I am a lardcore rider of extra height, I will be bypassing the 32" fad and will seek out a 36er next year.
If it was weight-based, soobalias would have never got beyond BMX wheels - skinny wee thing that he is.
[edit] re reads text.
embrace the paunch, be proudly middle aged and overweight*, fill the mountain bike forum full of 'diet' talk and buy yourself a big [s]wheeler[/s] travel bike.
All the rigid big wheelers I see in the UK are ridden by skinny geeky types.. 😉