Black Swamp Ghost wrote:
Pretty sure 20" wheels are typically stronger than anything bigger... FWIW..
James_Gadd wrote:
Maybe when they used to be 48 count and everybody in the game decided to not take care of their bodies and make stuff cheap and light
48's were rad, but unnecessary weight etc for most riders. If you are landing sideways all day long and trying whips and slamming your wheel sideways on the ground, then yea, you would want 48s. Although a well built set of 36's would take that and likely need a light truing from time to time.
At my heaviest I was knocking on the 285 ballpark, 6 feet tall. My 36H demilition Zeros are second hand and still true after 3-ish years I have had them.
I had a set of Zeroes before that (red) that I laced new, trued them twice in a couple years purely because I worked in a shop and had access to every bike related tool necessary to keep it DIALED, so I did.
Besides, technology has advanced a TON since the era of 48's being common. Look at frames, a typical frame now is around 2 lbs lighter than they were back then, and look what they are handling in comparison. A modern frame would handle everything dished out back in the early 00's without issue. Forks as well. Everything has gotten lighter while still maintaining the same (or better) strength.
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