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09-29-23, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TiHabanero

In the 80's and 90's our shop sold quite a few larger framed mountain bikes as we are located in a Dutch community. Looking for a vintage 21-22 inch framed 26" wheeled mountain bike and coming up empty! Where did they all go?
Should have kept that 21" 83 Ridge Runner. I rue the day...

There were never that many to begin with. 21” to 22” mountain bikes are certainly closer to the tail of the normal curve than the middle. A 22” mountain bike is for someone who rides a 60 to 62cm road bike. That’s for someone 6’3” or so. The most common size mountain bike is either 17” or 19” with 19” being more common.

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