Quoted By: >>2046874
You know what really grinds my gears? When multiple knobs create misinformation and then spread it by citing eachother (Woozle effect)
I wanted to look up why 26 inch wheels became a de facto standard and all I found were retards on otherwise reputable sites like GCN saying "It's because they were common in the 20th century". That's not a fucking answer, that's circular logic, because it just shifts the goalpost to "Why were they popular?" and these lazy fucks don't even attempt to answer this
I finally got my answer when I realized 26 inch wheels became popularized because of Mountain Biking, because that was the wheel size Joe Breeze chose when designing and building the JBX1/Breezer 1, the first Mountain Bike, even utilizing rims made by Araya, and the reason he chose this was because it was the most optimal size for mountain biking because the wheel was large enough to roll over most terrain yet small enough to be easily responsive and more manuverable than larger 29 and 30 inch wheels. 27.5 is just a "middle ground" wheel size that came later
I wanted to look up why 26 inch wheels became a de facto standard and all I found were retards on otherwise reputable sites like GCN saying "It's because they were common in the 20th century". That's not a fucking answer, that's circular logic, because it just shifts the goalpost to "Why were they popular?" and these lazy fucks don't even attempt to answer this
I finally got my answer when I realized 26 inch wheels became popularized because of Mountain Biking, because that was the wheel size Joe Breeze chose when designing and building the JBX1/Breezer 1, the first Mountain Bike, even utilizing rims made by Araya, and the reason he chose this was because it was the most optimal size for mountain biking because the wheel was large enough to roll over most terrain yet small enough to be easily responsive and more manuverable than larger 29 and 30 inch wheels. 27.5 is just a "middle ground" wheel size that came later
