Originally Posted by
caotropheus
I have bicycles in 3 wheel sizes, 451 mm, 559 mm and 622 mm. Most of the times I ride the folding, small wheeled bicycle because of the 342156 reasons we already discussed here.
This issue of "small" wheels vs "big" wheels is discussed once in a while in the Folding Forums. If small wheels are so good and have so many advantages over bigger wheels, why I haven't seen them in major cycling competitions?
Because since the day Moultons were shown to have an unfair advantage over big-wheeled bikes, the UCI has declared them and all other bikes that are not roadies, illegal for sanctioned races. In the HPV arena, small wheels dominate for whatever reason, at least demonstrating the fact that wheel size is negligible in performance.