Originally Posted by
HillRider
Sheldon Brown tried that a few years ago with the 650B (ISO 584) wheels. Apparently it never gained any serious audience and I haven't seen anything about it in quite a while.
This is hardly new and, if anything, there are now fewer commercially available sizes to deal with than in the past.
Go to Sheldon Brown's web site and look up the article on "Tire Sizing". He lists 31(!) different ISO standard rim sizes of which 29 are bicycle related. Add various tire widths available in many of these rim diameters and the number of tire models gets to be monumental.
Yep ! A couple of years ago, I bought a matching pair of bikes. The tire size was NOT even listed on Sheldon's site !!! KUDOS to Schwalbe for helping me out with a nice set !!