Tell me about minivelos

[Pale Rider]

It seems they are classified into two groups - real performance machines and balloon tyred town bikes.

Agreed.

Both my 20" wheel bikes have balloon tyres, so are not what you want.

You are right that compact frame small wheeled bikes are much easier to manhandle and are more nippy.

The Sven Cycles mini velo looks to be a far nicer bike than my Katu, although it still has podgy tyres.

The rear triangle is quite long - there's enough room for a bottle behind the seat tube - which rather takes the 'mini' out of it.

My compact ebike is similar.

I wonder if a 20" bike with the wheel up against the seat tube wouldn't work very well for some geometrical reason I couldn't understand.

https://www.svencycles.co.uk/the-mini-velo

 

[FrankCrank]

My Mini Velo - a 1970’s kids racing bike, all proper grown up components but 20” wheels. Bought from a junk shop in France for €10, It hangs on the wall in the garage.

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Hey Mr. G - are those really 20" wheels?

 

[Gunk]

Hey Mr. G - are those really 20" wheels?

They are a 550c same size as a wheel chair and virtually impossible to find