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Just out of curiosity and while thinking about a good winter bike with decent tyre space:
does anyone have experiences with mixing wheel sizes (apart from 69ers)?
E.g.:
- Cotic Soul with 650B front wheel / 26 rear wheel
- Cotic Solaris with 29 front wheel / 650B rear wheel
- Cotic Solaris with 650B wheels on both ends
[u]Here's an example for the latter: [/u]
http://bikemarkt.mtb-news.de/article/274523-cotic-solaris-stahlrahmen-27-5-650b
The guy claims that he's finally got decent tyre space, BB meant to be OK, steering still round despite longish fork.
[i]Registering interest for curiosity reasons[/i]
Slightly OT but ....with a 2.25 Ardent in the back of my Solaris I never experienced clearance problems.
with a 2.25 Ardent in the back of my Solaris I never experienced clearance problems
Good for you! I've heard of people who like to ride 2.35 or even 2.4 tyres... 😯
Liteville are also big advocates of this:
[url= http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/09/13/2013-liteville-mountain-bikes-updates-frames-w-scaled-sizing-mix-n-match-wheel-combos/ ]http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/09/13/2013-liteville-mountain-bikes-updates-frames-w-scaled-sizing-mix-n-match-wheel-combos/[/url]
XL on order will come with a 26" rear and 650B front.