Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Sure, decent sized town. That's not the topic though. The question is, at any given random middle of nowhere place on the planet, what tire size are you most likely to find?
99.xxx% of the planet is not a city with 50K or more people.
Actually, more than half of the world's population lives in an urban area ... you can check each country here ... thus, someone is more likely to encounter both tyre sizes than not (making the assumption that people ride bikes to the same extent in urban/non-urban areas.)
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