Originally Posted by
s0ul_chicken
So, what are you trying to comment on? 650B is superior but will never take hold??
I'm just d!cking about.
I put it to you that betamax was a *terrible* system from a consumer's viewpoint - I bought a video cassette recorder to watch movies. Regardless of technical merit - the choice offered for betamax was inferior. You can boll0cks on about tracking patterns or tape paths or (god help us) Umatic all you like - but that's the sort of "thinking too hard" that riddles bikeforums.
I don't think all 3 wheel sizes are likely to survive en masse. Betamax wheels are too close in size to the other two on offer. I expect 26 to remain as it is the entrenched system for cheap bikes, these constitute the vast majority sold and are unlikely to go away. If you move up to bigger wheels then surely you want them to be noticeably bigger. My bet is 26 and 29 being the VHS sizes with betamax limping along with low choices available.
Could be wrong. Often am. Although I was never a beta-loser.