Are 26 inch wheel bikes still a thing?

[TheDoctor]

27.5 is just another name for 650B. So much of a new thing that Sheldon was writing about it in 2005...

 

[Drago]

27.5 is just another name for 650B. So much of a new thing that Sheldon was writing about it in 2005...

A favoured touring size in the fifties for our more enlightened continental cousins.

 

[TheDoctor]

Which came in handy in the '80s when I needed a 26 by 1 1/4 tube in France.
One or other of the 650 tubes was near enough...

 

[simonali]

Two 26" wheeled Marin's in the garage

Ditto. Actually, there are three but one is the wife's.

 

[ktmbiker58]

My On One Inbred 26er - single speed - it's very light and responsive - a terrific ride at my local trail centre even if I get the occasional question "how do the gears work mister?" The answer is in my legs

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I believe they are. Useful for Oompa Loompas. 29 and 27.5 more common these days

Eh, I rode 26” for 20 years and I am 6’ tall. They certainly aren’t for short arses.

 

[biggs682]

I have been using my 26" wheel equipped Marin Palasides recently and i still find it great fun to ride.

And i am noticing quite a few 26" wheeled expedition / heavy duty touring bikes coming up for sale one of which is not a million miles away

 

[figbat]

I have a 1997 Saracen Dirt Trax and a 2007 Kona Caldera on 26"s; neither get much use but they are not dead either. In fact I have a vague plan to do a century ride on the Saracen later this year (it is set up as a commuter/utility bike, with guards, a rack, panniers etc).

Last week one of the guys on our weekly evening MTB ride came out on his 26" Rockhopper when his 29er was indisposed. Kept up.

 

[mickle]

I'm sticking with 26" wheels on my mountain bikes.

And
9 speed cassettes,
inner tubes,
110 and 94 BCD,
25.4 bar clamp diameter,
square taper cranks,
FRONT DERAILLEURS!
etc etc etc

 

[fossyant]

I'm sticking with 26" wheels on my mountain bikes.

And
9 speed cassettes,
inner tubes,
110 and 94 BCD,
25.4 bar clamp diameter,
square taper cranks,
FRONT DERAILLEURS!
etc etc etc

9 speed, you are modern. Still run 7 speed on my commuter. 8 speed cassettes (less a sprocket), 8-10 speed hubs/wheels, added spacer and 3.0mm spacers for 8 speed, not 3.1mm that's 7 speed. Seven speed shifter/brake levers though, and they have just 'worked' for 35 years.