Is the Muscle Bike Build Off Annual?
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Calculator says 1.57 so closer to 1.5" than the 1.75" I was imagining as too fat. That's cool and any bigger than a 40 on a 700 and you're in 29er territory anyway.
I'm spitballing here but a guy could build a pretty funky stretch and then slap some tall thin 700's on for a convincing "Donk" build.
The 7' long BMX I built from ten speed tubing a couple years ago would look wild that way. Can we have a "Donk" class???
Merle
I'm spitballing here but a guy could build a pretty funky stretch and then slap some tall thin 700's on for a convincing "Donk" build.
The 7' long BMX I built from ten speed tubing a couple years ago would look wild that way. Can we have a "Donk" class???
Merle
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I kinda like the 32c limit. Mo skinny mo fasta
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Sounds like we found a slogan
Old school.
Here's a 26 x 1 3/8 next to a 26 x 1.75
The 1.75 is almost twice as wide with air in it. Numbers say only 3/8ths wider but reality set in.
GC
Here's a 26 x 1 3/8 next to a 26 x 1.75
The 1.75 is almost twice as wide with air in it. Numbers say only 3/8ths wider but reality set in.
GC
It's a big enough difference when trying to squeeze into a Raleigh fork
When I was still working I used to bike ride by a house that had one of these huge wheel cars. The poor fellow spent huge amounts of time fixing almost every part of the front suspension. It was continuous. His power steering was forever going out too. This was a while back, they probably have better stuff now. You are right about my tire size miscalculation. It was early, I was still half a s l e e p. My weak excuse.Calculator says 1.57 so closer to 1.5" than the 1.75" I was imagining as too fat. That's cool and any bigger than a 40 on a 700 and you're in 29er territory anyway.
I'm spitballing here but a guy could build a pretty funky stretch and then slap some tall thin 700's on for a convincing "Donk" build.
The 7' long BMX I built from ten speed tubing a couple years ago would look wild that way. Can we have a "Donk" class???
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Merle
Them tires look fat with no air in them. Air them up I'm guessing those inch and a half are too fat. What's the metric on those 28s.
GC
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Left: 1963 26" Dunlop, right: modern 28" duro. Is skinny a vibe, or is it a specific number?
https://www.michelinman.com/bicycle/tips-and-advice/tips-and-advice-bicycle/conversions
I think @GuitarlCarl hit the proverbial nail on the head in reference to the proposed build off parameters.
I like the proposed 32c limit.
635 is metric diameter... It's the second number that would determine "skinniness"
It's both a vibe and probably for our purposes needs a specific number... I can probably guess if its big enough to have a whitewall it's too fat...
Skinny tires man. Like most things in here, if you have to ask, the answer should probably be no. Safe bets are 26 x 1 3/8", 27 x 1 1/4 and 700 x 32c or smaller. Everyone of those are skinny and easy to find. But still not the only sizes. Chicago Schwinn have another skinny size from back when they monopolized their wheels, and I think Raleigh did too. Gumwall tires on old ten speed frames, yeah those are skinny and ugly...
GC
26" and up
Nothing wider than 32
Run what ya brung frame style
Mo thinna
Nothing wider than 32
Run what ya brung frame style
Mo thinna
Have to see how much other interest there is. I know muscle is in. Not sure about the ORBO
Up to 1.5"/sub mm40 would include the Dutch bikes and a lot of the early '00s "28" hybrids and sporty bikes.
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