I take it as a tacit admission that the “29er” was a bad idea. I’m expecting the brand new 559er to come out any day now. The ad copy could read “more nimble”, “easier climbs”, “better cornering”, “stiffer”, etc. People would flock to buy a whole new class of revolutionary bikes!

You watch, someone will try to regurgitate the 20" wheel road bike and call it something else . . .

Somene will try to regurgitate the recumbent and call it something else . . .

Someone will try to do a push on large front / small rear wheeled MTB / Cross bikes . . . as may be happening already in the electric dirt bikes.

. . . and of course they'll all get "new" "labels".

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