So it seems Maxxis has sent out samples of their Aspen tire in a 32x2.40 to a couple of big name manufactures who are currently developing XC bikes around them. It's going to be really interesting to see what, if any race teams run them in 2025. For taller riders, there are so many advantages to running a larger diameter tire. Longer/larger contact patch, greater ability to roll over obstacles without losing momentum, lowered fulcrum point and an increased level of comfort. I'm quite excited to one day have a 32" wheeled bike. And that day seems like it will be here sooner than expected.
32" wheel XC bikes coming in 2025?
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For a while, there weren't all that many budget 29ers. Campus Cruisers remained 26ers almost into the '10s.
I firmly believe I am one of many fingers on one of many hands. They who pull my strings puppet others.
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Next time you're through SE Idaho, stop for a test ride.
And no one needs to be riding bikes at all.
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The next time I'm there, I'm going to...you just watch!
Including the drive from and back to the freeway, we can have you back on the road in under 2 hours.
I assume the haters inherently know their tiny wheels are an obvious deficiency. The size envy manifests in the form of repeated self validations of their choices as much as blanket declarations about outliers they are experientially ignorant of. The more a 6'2" dude tells me he likes 27.5" for his couch, the more ima think they suffer from tribalism and limited sampling opportunities.
And then I'll lol at their "overbiking while underbiking".
It's not that I look down on the small of rim. It's that I don't see them at all as my nigh literal wagon wheels roll right over em.
32s?
Psssssssh.
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And then I'll lol at their "overbiking while underbiking".
It's not that I look down on the small of rim. It's that I don't see them at all as my nigh literal wagon wheels roll right over em.
32s?
Psssssssh.
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If you'll allow me to riff on the big wheel haters with some numerology - where big is any bigger than 27.5, which is more like than 27 than 27.5 (since we're truth telling) ... and as a Christmas bonus I've added 26" to your stocking
(TLDR: everything leads to 29" or 36")
36: 3+6 = 9.... like 29. How about that!
36: 3*6 = 18 ... half of 18 = 9 ... like 29 Shocking!
32: 3+2 = 5 ... like ... nothing
32: 3*2 = 6 ... and 3*2*3 = 18*2 = 36 OR 18*1/2 = 9 like 29. Fascinating!
29: 2+9 = 11 ... like ... nothing
29: 2*9 = 18 ...and 1+8 = 9 ... like 29 ... AND 2*18 = 36. Who would have thought!
27: 2+7 = 9 ... like 29 ... well well well... isn't that interesting!
27: 2*7 = 14 ... like ... nothing
26: 2+6 = 8 ... like ... nothing
26: 2*6 = 12 ... like ... nothing
So there we have it, everything leads to 29" or 36".
To get enough frame clearance for the wheel at full compression, though you could/should also do it with more fork offset, which would preserve the trail figure.
For XC riding?
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I’ve just confirmed this rumor with David Folch. There are indeed 32” Maxxis 32x2.4s that he’s been issued several months ago for testing.
Yes. Living in a part of New England where it’s all natural tech. My last all out XC bike had Flow EX rims on 240 hubs and the Ikon EXO tires didn’t survive. The current v2 Forekaster does, but the pressures aren’t in the supple range.
awesome, now we can enjoy your constant scolding of anybody not adopting any new setup that you deem the best thing ever offered. Like all your other “theories”.
Not to mnetion that David Folch is all over the comments in that article stating it’s a 32” wheel and why so what exactly did you need to ”confirm”?
Is that user specific? Or can you also enjoy me saying 32" is insufficiently incremental?
user specific, search his other posts especially pertaining to bike setup and how the world should act per him. I personally don’t see myself adopting bigger wheels but I don’t care if others want to give it a go, especially people 6’ and taller.
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Although I think that the 32ers aren’t for me, I wouldn’t be against trying one. We are all different obviously and what works or what we like are different.
i welcome manufacturers pushing different technologies, even if it is a product that we all can’t agree on, think about it, gravel, electronic shifting and dropping, more travel or any travel at all, we all have different opinions.
i welcome manufacturers pushing different technologies, even if it is a product that we all can’t agree on, think about it, gravel, electronic shifting and dropping, more travel or any travel at all, we all have different opinions.
You seem to have pretty extreme conditions then. For most people Aspen would be a pretty middle of the road XC tire and good starting point for Maxxis.
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