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06-10-07 | 07:07 PM

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Kommisar89

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Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8

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Originally Posted by Joe Dog

I agree 100% - ISO is totally the way to go and it would clear up alll this "how narrow a tire can I put on this rim" threads. Now if we can just get the world to follow along.

BTW - after reading this, I still don't know why a 27 is larger than a 28. And I am not sure, but I think a 29is smaller than a 27 as well. C'est la vie.....

29 (MTB)=28 (Vintage)=700C (modern designation)=622 ISO. And 27 is bigger than them all at 630. But would you want a MTB called a 622'er. 29'er sounds so much cooler. And no doubt they have marketing studies to prove it.

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