>>1960134>What went so wrong?Cheap prebuilt wheels aren't even good. The values which 26" riders follow lead them to either refurbished old wheels, or new handbuilt ones.
Any bike shop can build you a nice set of 26" wheels, which will actually be strong enough for underbiking, touring, and heavy grocery duty on a nice bike.
On a cheap bike, even <$100 wheels are prohibitively expensive so what bike stores do or don't sell is redundant, and you'd probably look online anyway for the finest price, in which case, it's not like you don't have any options.
>the bike industry doesn't cater enough to 26" retrodouchesWe're not looking in the same direction then because i think it's too much and honestly i would steer many people away from them. To me, 26" fits a specific niche for people with several other bikes.
