What Is A Mullet Bike: Pros and Cons, And Are They Faster Than 29ers?

A mullet bike is a mountain bike with two wheels of different sizes, most commonly a 29-inch wheel at the front and a 27.5-inch wheel at the rear.

The idea is to combine the key benefits of each wheel size, while minimizing their drawbacks, for a bike that’s lightning-fast and super agile, without sacrificing stability.

Mountain Bike Wheel Sizes Explained (With Mountain Bike Wheel Size Chart)

Some parts of cycling tech can be particularly confusing. One such area in which this is particularly apparent is mountain bike wheel sizes.

Cycling is a sport that has rapidly developed over the past few decades, with new disciplines cropping up and adding new types of tech along with different names for already existing tech and sizing.