Originally Posted by
nimbuscrenel
tire/wheel sizes are confusing- you're better off not looking at the "common" name for a size and just looking at the ISO designation. You'll notice on Sheldon's chart that 700c, some 28x sizes, and 29'er are all actually just ISO 622. Of course they're applications and available tires are different.
That is confusing, lol. So how is 28" smaller than 27"? I guess if you all say 700c is in fact smaller than the old 27" wheels I'll just leave it at that.