Thisis because the two remaining wheel sizes, 29″ and 27.5″, give you three possible concepts to choose from. The keyword here is mullet, where a large 29er up front is combined with a smaller 27.5″ wheel on the rear. The concept of combining two different wheel sizes on the same frame isn’t new, already appearing on bikes in the 26
Weanalysed the vibrations transmitted by mountain bike (26 or 29-inch wheels), in a 2,110 m circuit with a sample of 55 cyclists. The results indicate that the 29”-wheel increases speed (p < 0.
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