If, and that is a very big if, they take off.
It’s gonna take another 6-8 years for them to dial the geometry in.
Guys who rode those early 26 inch Kona’s and Gary Fishers will know what I’m talking about, and that was on 26 inch.
Not even to mention the 29 inch Fishers.
My 2005 Gary Fisher 29 inch rode like a limo, long top tube and horrible on tight trails, I called it my farm gate.
Surly’s Karate Monkey, which came out before the first commercially available 29’ers (Gary Fisher bikes) was better dialed in.
And let’s look at why 29 inch took off.
BSD of 622 mm has always been available, to go fully commercial, and release a line of bikes, wasn’t too difficult from there on.
Once the geometries got dialed in and more manufacturers made tyres, it was only inevitable for it to fully take off.
Thank heavens the gear ratios were next, as many a rider wouldn’t have been able to turn the cranks at an efficient cadence.
27.5 kinda took off, simply because 650 was another readily available hoop size.
This is a whole different world, 660 mm BSD is a whole new wheel size.
