Originally Posted by
prj71
Head over to Jenson and filter bikes by wheel size. 29 dominates. As it does on Specialized, Trek and to some degree Giant's website. Giant jumped in with both feet on 27.5 and are gravitating back to 29 on their models now because they realized the mistake. 27.5+ , which was common for 2-3 years, is starting to be replaced by 29 with boost spacing which gives a person the 27.5+ option. Then the manufacture only needs to sell the bike with one wheel option leaving it to the customer to decide if they want 27.5+
Yes, this re-enforces the point you were making, and my response is the same.
My gut feeling is that 27.5 will go the way of 26 in the near future.
Gut feelings are perfectly valid when acknowledged as such.
My gut feeling is that 27.5 is going to follow the path of plus-sized tires and fat bikes. Like fat and plus-size tires, there will be (and we have been seeing) a market correction for the over enthusiasm/overproduction, but they will not go away in the same way 26 has.
Both of our gut feelings are consistent with what we are currently seeing in the market. So really only time will tell.