Originally Posted by
vaultbrad
26". I would get the 26" for myself. I just think it's a great wheel size even for the 62cm that I would need. There is a huge variety of awesome tires for 559 rims from skinny to fat 2.3" and completely slick to mega knobby and everywhere in between. The 26" trucker could easily be somebody's only bike without much compromise anywhere.
It's a bike that makes me think of my old steel mtbs in the 90s with rigid forks and cantis. I rode them everywhere and for everything without a second thought. They were great for all of it. The 26" lht would conjure the same sort of feeling I imagine.
That's really the big appeal of the 26" LHT to me also. It just looks so right, functional, above all fads and fashion.
Shame that the offer of quality 26" tires seems to be shrinking on stores, now with the popularity of 29 and 27,5 wheels
Originally Posted by
robow
I own a 56 LHT with 26" wheels and the compromise is that it's a tank, very stable, great for carrying loads, but it's not what you would call nimble and it feels so slooooow.
Sloooooooooow with which tires?
I sometimes setup my late 90's Zaskar with 26x1.5 Vittoria Randoneurs and feel somewhat disapointed on how slower they feel compared to my old Surly Ogre with 700x28c Michelin Dynamics. From everything I read it seems that the difference shouldn't be that big