Timeline for Why aren't 16" wheel city bikes more common?
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| Apr 13, 2022 at 8:45 | vote | accept | Luca Matteis | ||
| Oct 27, 2021 at 13:58 | comment | added | Lefty | I answered a similar question on Physics SE with some diagrams which might help to illustrate the benefit of bigger wheels: physics.stackexchange.com/a/502491/57492 | |
| Oct 27, 2021 at 7:47 | answer | added | keerok | timeline score: -3 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 20:33 | answer | added | uUnwY | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 19:35 | comment | added | David D | "why is the market full of bigger bikes instead of more compact ones" The market consists of the bike styles, types, configurations and quantities that the bike companies think they can sell given manufacturing capabilities. | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 17:43 | answer | added | Darrel Hoffman | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 16:04 | answer | added | juhist | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 15:39 | answer | added | FluidCode | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 10:54 | comment | added | Bicifriend | I think there's a lot of inertia on the part of both users and manufacturers. Bicycle wheel and tire sizes are already quite complicated, and most people looking to buy a bike look for something familiar. That said, folding bikes can make great city/commuter vehicles, partly due to their smaller wheels and lower center of gravity. This gives you a more stable platform for racks and bags. Cargo bikes are also using smaller diameter, wider wheels, to lower the center of gravity and make loading and handling under payload easier. | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 9:21 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1452922971392196610 | ||
| Oct 26, 2021 at 8:42 | answer | added | John Rennie | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 7:55 | answer | added | Rеnаud | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 7:30 | answer | added | nightrider | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 7:14 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 25, 2021 at 22:01 | comment | added | Affe | A google imagine for "japan mini-velo" or "china mini-velo" should show they are not so uncommon in the countries that most bicycle parts come from, so one imagines ease-of-production is not the issue. Would vote Fashion :) | |
| Oct 25, 2021 at 21:30 | answer | added | Criggie♦ | timeline score: 29 | |
| Oct 25, 2021 at 21:18 | history | asked | Luca Matteis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |