A 36 inch wheel is huge compared to a 29 and will also be about as agile as a ship. Say for example the tall guy is 6 inches taller, 2 inch taller in legs, 3 inch longer torso, 1 inch longer neck and head, by the time he is in the squat position hanging of the back that 2 inch higher butt height from the rear tyre might drop to 1.5 or even just 1 inch higher than the guy 6 inches taller. The problem is taller people are taller from a culmination of longer limbs, torso, head size, neck length etc.also people have different proportions in terms of leg length to height.īy the time you take into account hanging off the back trying to avoid ass buzz in a squat position, the difference in height of a tall person's ass from the tyre from a shorter person isn't so great. Crazy stuff, but maybe not as crazy as it seems. With appropriately scaled geometry, you could actually build an XXL bike that fits it's intended rider the same way a medium does. A 32" wheel is only about 10.4% larger than a 29.
However- if 29" works for medium riders, (and works very well) clearly a larger rider could benefit from an even larger wheel.ĭo the math: a 6' 4" rider is about 11.8% taller than a 5' 8" rider. Now, I'm not suggesting that 32" or 36" will take over the entire industry- 29" is probably as big as we can go for smaller riders and still see a benefit with tire buzz, etc. Lets not forget how awkward and shitty 29ers used to look and ride.įast forward to 2021, and you can now get a great riding and totally proportional 29er for even medium and small riders. Remember, this only looks stupid because they've tried to make it fit like a normal bike for a small/medium rider.
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