Originally Posted by
operator
Yes. Let's ignore 24" wheelsizes and below. In fact let's just compare the range between 26" -> 27". Teh smaller the wheel gets, the less practical it gets. The eaiser it is falling into less than perfect pavement.
Wrong.
Let's not ignore smaller wheel sizes.
The odds of someone's 700:23 catching a bad rut and throwing the rider is far greater than the odds of my 20 by 1.95 wheels catching a rut and being thrown... that... and small wheeled bikes tend to be very recoverable in these situations.
A 20 inch wheel is far stronger than a 700c or 27 inch wheel...the odds of making a wheel taco with a 20 inch is far less and they get even stronger at 18 and 16 inch sizes.