Any medium or big brands actually making a 32" full bike?

[mntlion]

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A few little, brands are&nbsp; doing frames and full bikes, but are any of the medium or big players making any 32&quot; wheeled bikes?<br />
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I&#39;m seeing a few more XC tires avail (maxxis) and a few forks, but waiting to see if any larger brands are jumping into it for spring...</p>

[evdog]

The experts on MTBR already have a couple threads going about the future awesomeness of 32. It will have all the advantages of 29er, but bigger! They will surely be all over any models that actually get released.

[frorider]

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The little I&rsquo;ve heard about it indicates the industry is simply addressing the fact that actually tall people are underserved by current standards. I&rsquo;m only 6&rsquo;3&rdquo; but there are many current XLs on the market that are barely big enough for me. 29 wheels with a 455 rear center feels great to me, totally nimble, but looks and feels small to my taller friend. I think people are smoking crack if they think 32 is going to be forced on the mainstream. &nbsp;My 6&#39; 6&quot; friend isn&#39;t mainstream. &nbsp;And if it catches on with six foot tall bikepackers on fully rigid bikes, is that a problem?</p>

[frorider]

Weird, that formatted perfectly first time but one small edit to it triggered the weirdness. Oh well.

[joetron]

Not yet, I don’t think. But Travis Brown has been testing [emoji639][emoji638]in wheels for Trek, and was looking noticeably faster on off cambers and straights on the flat bar bike he was racing CX on last fall here in Durango. A little sluggish out of tight turns compared to the proper CX bikes, but anywhere kinda open and in sweeping turns he was hauling.


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[mntlion]

if any big brands release something I could see trek doing it.

Didn't they do the 69 bike on a 26 frame with a mullet set up?

[buttahflake]

Cannondale back in the day with the twenty-six front wheel and the [emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji639][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji640]]][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]]]” rear wheel. Yall member that?

[buttahflake]

Wow this is a nightmare

[evdog]

What on earth did you type up there lol?