26" and a 700C
03-22-10, 10:08 PM
#1
30mi/day commuter
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 797
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
26" and a 700C
Would it be possible to use a 26" wheel in the back and a 700C wheel in teh front, assuming both wheels fit and you could get brakes to fit both?
or would something kooky happen
or would something kooky happen
03-22-10, 11:01 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: A Coffin Called Earth. or Toronto, ON
Posts: 12,257
Bikes: Bianchi, Miyata, Dahon, Rossin
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
559mm diameter vs. 622mm diameter.
__________________
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
03-22-10, 11:05 PM
#4
Real Men Ride Ordinaries
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,723
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 17 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
Something kooky would happen, you would have a bike with two different sized tires. It's possible, Trek has their 69ers, and Cannondale used to make a mountain bike with a 24 inch rear wheel. It's just not a good idea unless the frame was built for it.
03-22-10, 11:26 PM
#5
30mi/day commuter
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 797
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
It's just not a good idea unless the frame was built for it.
What could possibly go wrong
03-22-10, 11:33 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Portland Oregon
Posts: 744
Bikes: '82 Giante super challange, 70 Gitane Tour de France, GT Gutterball
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
03-22-10, 11:41 PM
#7
I have senior moments...
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Woodside, CA
Posts: 2,151
Bikes: Many
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
https://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=135
03-23-10, 03:14 AM
#8
headtube.
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 803
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
Whether the wheels wind up different sizes would depend on the tires. If you had 2.2 inch in back and a 25mm in front, the wheels would have nearly the same diameter, but that would be kind of silly.
what would happen with the rear smaller, well, crank would lower, seat angle slackens, handlebars move up and back in relation to the cranks, head tube angle decreases, trail increases. So it changes the fit and handling of the bike in a lot of ways.
what would happen with the rear smaller, well, crank would lower, seat angle slackens, handlebars move up and back in relation to the cranks, head tube angle decreases, trail increases. So it changes the fit and handling of the bike in a lot of ways.
03-23-10, 04:43 AM
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: arlington, VA
Posts: 1,764
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
The higher rake would give greater hight speed stability but unfortunately more difficulty and extra wheel flop at low speeds, though for that slight difference in diameter it is mild and liveable.
I think you would have difficulty putting a mountain bike wheel on a 700c road bike due chainstay width, but if you were talking about a 650c then it would fit on the 700c bike.
03-23-10, 06:54 AM
#10
30mi/day commuter
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 797
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
i was thinking of doing this to a cruiser, so the extra rake/seat tube angle doesnt really scare me that much :S
