Thread: 26" tire mistake
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Old 12-26-21, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
28" tires are how Europe refers to 700c, even though 700c is smaller than 27" tires. Why are they named 28" when they're actually smaller than 27"? Well, because 27" was already taken! Again, almost all of the regulars here know this stuff; but the ISO or ETRTO sizing is the only way to know for sure what the rim size is.
That's wrong. 28" came way before 27" was developed.
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