Originally Posted by
Thor29
Actually that's not true at all. You CAN put wide tires on a 700c wheel. Ever hear of 29er mountain bikes? In fact, I have a set of Schwalbe Big Apple slicks on my commuter bike that are 2.3 by 700c. They are monstrously huge. Of course, the widest tire you can fit is limited by frame clearance and rim width. But it has nothing to do with rim diameter.
Yes that's true but it would be silly to pay for a 29" bike and then never put fat tires on it, and the only 29" bikes are pretty expensive (what's the cheapest non-single/fixie 29er bike around?...). It costs a lot less to go with a 26" if one thinks they may want big tires.
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