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02-26-11 | 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nemode

I'm purchasing my first proper road bike after a year or so of slowly increasing my cycling and was wondering how unusual it is to have 25" wheels on a road bike and what sort of differences this will make to the bike in terms of handling and comfort compared to what I gather are the more conventional 27"ers.

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Perhaps someone is mis-reading the size printed on the tire. 99 % of Full size road bikes have 700c tires. Some triathlon bikes use 650c tires.
However, tire widths come in 23mm, 25mm, 28mm .... so maybe it has 700c wheels with 25 mm wide tires, which is normal, which will show as "700c x 25" or similar

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