I’m really really REALLY considering offing my Starling Murmur since I don’t really dress up like a power ranger and ride like that anymore. But for the handful of rides a year I get out on it, it’s glorious. Fucker corners like crazy.
I live in central Texas and still maintain a set of 26 fat wheels, if that makes you feel any better
I put them on to do laps around the back yard a few weeks ago and it was actually kinda fun
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Fat bikes totally rule, I just think I could make it work (really well!) with the fat bike always running 27.5 fat, and the plus bike always set up as a plus bike.
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I’m inching my way close to having three sets of wheels for one bike just for winter commuting (27.5" studded, 27.5" studless, and 700c for fast vibes), and trying to figure out what’s better, two bikes with three sets of wheels (two sets for one bike, one set for the second), or one bike with three sets of wheels. The real answer is probably three bikes with four to six sets of wheels because this person loves options.
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the year is 2026
folx are exhausted with options
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Personally I think it’s good to have 1 bike that’s ready to go at all times, without having to swap wheels or anything. Fendered, dynamo’d (or some sort of lights), and the appropriate tires for the season.
Then FAFO with the other bike.
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Yeah… I love all my bikes but I’m pretty sure I could get it all done with my scorcher and low-q fat bike. But it’s also fun to have a plus tire coaster brake bike, obviously.
This bike is the Rivendell Atlantis posted in the pyb thread
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There’s a tangent here I wonder about. WTB pitched 750d wheel standard and it was apparently rejected by the enthusiast base and also the industry at large (?). Maxxis watched this happen and shortly after decided to put it’s weight behind 32" which is apparently being accepted, if begrudgingly by the industry. Not sure about enthusiasts.
Is this just a flex by Maxxis? The business case for a new wheelsize in the middle of a trade war and bike industry bust was strong enough?
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Yeah I should put the studs on the disc trucker for the worst conditions and ride another bike for the better conditions, at least for this year. I did the one bike two wheelsets thing with that bike last winter and it worked fine other than wheel swaps sucking because that bike has awful dropouts. Given the way this month is going, studs might not even be needed this season. It was 67 degrees in SLC yesterday and this December is shaping up to be one of the warmest on record.
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Seems like it. Rumor mill says Maxxis is going to release 32" versions of:
- Aspen
- Dissector
- Forekaster
- (new XC tread)
- (something gravel)
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That Dissector 2.0 looks a bajillion times better than the original Dissector, for what it’s worth.
32 was “an existing wheelsize”
that is core to the grift that allowed us to make 650b happen
it doesn’t matter if it only works with all new rims and new tires
you didn’t pick the ERTRO number, you were only following orders
Tell me about it. We have had icy roads for one day so far this winter.
It’s usually hovering around freezing, but it’s been 5-7C for weeks.
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Think 32” tires would fit on a gen 1 Krampus? Am I tempted to build the most futuristic dead end wheels ever?
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It’s 50 oppressive degrees here this morning at 8 am. Our lows are like 10 degrees higher than our normal highs! Just crazy.
Probably the first issue - is there an additional ~32mm of vertical clearance from the 29" wheel/tire combo?
fitting a 32 in the front will probably be no problem on a bike with a rigid sus-corrected fork. the back will likely be a different story.
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not helpful but I saw someone post that they were running 32s on their surly the other day. I think it was maybe a Karate Monkey?
I will simply never think about it again because of the money and time involved.
Thank you team of experts
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