stuee147
Senior Member
- Location
- north ayrshire
My vote is for 26 rear and 20 front. Reasons, 26 rear will give a bit more clearance for rear mech (not issue if you are going internal hub gears) 20 front willbe strong and keep front end low.
Plus if you use the rear frame of an mtb full sus as a doner it will have 26 / disc and be able to take low gears and standard panniers / rack.
i never thought about racks but yea i suppose a normal rack for a 26" wheel would look strange on a 20" wheel. would that mean you need special panniers for a 20" or are they all standard ??
with the suspension i was thinking the same thing get a MTB and use the back end, i looked into doing the same but with a 20" wheel and all the ones i can find are more kids bikes so the suspension would need to be upgraded and i didnt like the look of the frames dont think they would last long holding me and a set of panniers and a trailer, so i was thinking i would have to go the rout of making a whole new back end up rather than using the bikes.
iv just found the calculator and saved it ill have a play about with it see what i can work out. i do sort of understand gearing i know the physics and the maths behind it it just takes me ages to work out with lots of paper and pencils lol