Originally Posted by
veganbikes
What?
hough yes if it was so popular we would likely still see it and with a lot more options these days.
The reason there aren't many options is that it hasn't been popular for several decades, not that it was never popular.
It was widely used in the bike boom
It was widely used for the decade following the bike boom as well. For example, the 1983 Miyata catalog lists 14 models of bicycle, and 8 of them used 27" wheels.