Take a 29we wheel, with the largest diameter, mass, and gyroscopic forces of the sizes under consideration, inherently the most stable and therefore the least willing to change direction.
The measurements you provided all have the same head angle, so we also have increased trail, acai , another factor which I dressed stability at the expense of flickability.
Then the longer wheelbase also increases stability at the expense of directional ability.
It's the cycling equivalent of taking a graphic equalizer and pushing every slider to the minimum. It's simply far from optimum. You can climb aboard it, you can ride it, it'll work, yet it won't feel the best it could be by the simple expedient of combing several relative extremes of geometry into one machine.
I'm on my 5th 650B bike, and my 2nd 'work' 650B. Do I get a prize, as I'm presuming you mention it as some kind of urinating distance contest? I'm personally not keen on 29ers, and after owning 2 concluded the extra rim diameter was simply extra surface area to collect the claggy clay soil that this area is inflicted.
You ride whatever wheel size you like. If you read back through my posts I have never stated that anyone of any particular height should be considering any particular wheel size, so I don't know why you keep attributing that to me. My contribution to this thread was only to observe sagely that the largest rim size squeezed into the smallest frame size brings geometry compromises that aren't evident with other wheel sizes. I was mentioning FRAME SIZE, not rider size,
If you can find in this thread where I have suggested people of certain statures should have wheels of certain sizes, then quote me. Otherwise, be a good chap and change the record.
So, read back through the thread and QUOTE ME.
Unfortunately, the industry doesn't control the laws of physics, and trying to squeeze 29 inches into a small frame seriously compromises geometry and reduces the mud clearances that are so badly needed in the UK.
See, no mention of rider size, no recommendation that riders of any particular height should be in a wheel of a particular size.
Depends on the machine and how well sorted the geometry is. I always found the 29er less than ideal for UK conditions, but it's as much a taste thing as a scientific decision.
My own admission that is is as much down to ones own prference as any technical reasoning.
Which begs the question. - what are you prattling on about Mr H.A.I.R.N.E.T?