Originally Posted by MnHPVA Guy
Who's dumb enough to hold tire width constant when reducing diameter? Besides people building bikes with 520 wheels for adults that is.
Should I be insulted? I think that this idiom is just a figure of speech.
As I wrote earlier, there is a folding bike with the 520 size. And I recall that it is made for adults. Our conclusion were drawn from test riding a few Bike Fridays with the 406 and 451 wheels in direct comparison with the Airnimals and our own bikes. Using fatter tires on the small wheels help but never fully compensate for the limited wheel diameter.
Originally Posted by MnHPVA Guy
A lot? A few, and none I'd put under a rider much bigger than a child.
It's not just that there are so many tires in 406 but that there are better tires.
I concur that there is greater variety of 406 tires. But you can get decent 520s from Airnimal dealers and the Harris Cyclery. 507s would come in handy if one were riding off-road or wanted something particularly wide and/or knobby. The idea is that the flexibility would be there. And the standard Marathon (24x1.50) is available in 507.
Originally Posted by MnHPVA Guy
If we're talking about bikes that aren't Mini AND dont fold, aren't you getting way OT?
I am following the thread labeled minibikes and some prior posts discussed Mr. Osell's bikes with S&S couplers on them. So I think that this is a natural extention of the discussion. Perhaps we have different notions of what "mini" means. I think that it means bikes with wheels smaller than standard adult bikes; i.e., 26s + 700s.
Originally Posted by MnHPVA Guy
Osell, not that getting the spelling right will Google you much more. He's computer illiterate.
Actually, I spelled it correctly in my web searches. I misspelled it in my post.
I read several posts mentioning Mr. Osell with tandems/recumbents and some recent rides that he and his wife appeared to have sponsered. I understand that he used to have a retail store but closed it sometime around 2001 guessing from some posting dates.