Originally Posted by
bellweatherman
Seems like commuters would be more interested in comfort than speed.
If were to commute on a bike with 26 inch wheels and 3.3 inch moon tires I would experience severe mental discomfort.
You can run 26 inch wheels on most bikes that take disc brakes -- so many of those 700c commuters could be converted. And commute level 26 inch wheelset are quite cheap.
Some of the boutique brands have 650B wheeled commuter style bikes.
650bs are quite a bit larger than 26 inch wheels. All the cool retrogrouchettes and retrogrouches covet 650bs as an homage to some dead french dude.