Originally Posted by
qclabrat
You got me, fixed to 27.5+
When you say you have never met someone who has
started on 27.5 who has not switched to 27.5+ or 29....
How many people do you even know that you know started on 27.5 as their first MTB? I doubt it would be very many people.
27.5 was not a common mainstream choice until about 2012. So the person would have had to have started riding in the past 7 years, and if it is on the longer end of that timeframe, they would have had to start with a new bike as their first MTB.
Also, you need to filter out the people who meet the above criteria and did not start with a 29er.
And how do you even KNOW what most peoples’ first bike was?
I do not know anybody for whom I can say for certain that a 27.5 was their first bike. So I guess I could say I don’t know anyone who started on 27.5 that did not switch to 26”.