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Will 32’’ wheels have staying power, or will they be another flash in the pan like plus-sized tires? Either way, they’re coming, and we sat down with Manitou Product Manager, Phil Ott, and Reynolds Director of Wheel Development, Todd Tanner, to discuss what it takes to design parts for 32’’ bikes; how to avoid a mess of competing standards as 32’’ bikes come online; where we are (and aren’t) likely to see 32’’ wheels in a few years; and a whole lot more.
TOPICS & TIMES:
Introductions (1:19)
When did Hayes start taking 32’’ wheels seriously? (3:02)
What made it clear that 32’’ wheels were happening? (5:57)
The importance of the UCI sanctioning 32’’ wheels (8:43)
Early prototyping (11:13)
Refinements & limitations of the wheel size (16:29)
Fork offset & other details (32:07)
Phil and Todd’s wish lists (33:55)
What’s the ceiling for 32’’ wheels? (38:43)
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So they’re firmly on the fence, really? Waiting for the rest of the market to decide on the hub spacing for them before they get into developing forks, etc.
Don’t forget that 32″ was conceived by unicyclists. No cycling brand had the budget to do what the unicycle empire easily did, because they wanted to try it.
If cycling had these 5-figure R&D budgets, we might have landed on 31″ or 33″. We’ll never know, because we follow our wise and courageous but especially wealthy leaders in unicycling.
There is a solution to the ~60 mm extra stack height over 29″ for a given style front end. A lower stem and/or an inverted riser bar. The more backsweep, the easier that bar is going to be to tilt into the perfect position. I’ve been riding and racing inverted riser (trekking) bars on hardtails for decades. It works a lot better than you think.
It’s a heavy mofo, but I’m eyeing the Jones Loop H-Bar 2.5″ riser bar for at least one 32″ bike. Love my original generation titanium welded-by-Jeff H-bar on my singlespeed bike.