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.
If you’re in the market for a new mountain bike, or even just a new wheelset for your off-road machine, then it’s likely you’ll be confronted with a choice on wheel size.
Depending on your riding style, there are a number of advantages and disadvantages to each size.
Particularly for off-road disciplines, you’re often offered a choice in wheel size when buying or building a bike. The wheelset of a bicycle includes the hubs, bearings, spokes, rims, and often the tubes and tires themselves. It’s not uncommon to be presented with a choice of wheel size, specifically if you’re buying a gravel or … Read more
700c is the standard road bike wheel size — a 622 mm bead-seat diameter, with tire widths from 23 mm (race) to 50+ mm (gravel). It’s the same wheel size as 28-inch hybrids and most modern gravel bikes. The “c” refers to a French 19th-century tire-width designation that’s largely obsolete today; the 622 mm diameter … Read more