Totally agree. I’m a bike fitter. Guess what happens when you do a bike fit? The wheels don’t touch the ground!
I use a trainer for pedaling fit, and a pedal support frame for gravity riding fit assessment.
I could take the wheels out of your bike, and it wouldn’t matter. Body position, range of motion and weight distribution all stay the same when you change wheel size.
Now, if companies put in reach adjust headsets and eccentric bottom brackets, we could actually make bikes fit bigger.
Otherwise, it just looks bigger, but will still handle just as good or bad as it did before the wheel swap, and like Jotegir mentions, wheels aren’t cheap, so if you don’t have a second hand pair, you’re better off selling the bike and buying a new, bigger, bike.
Sept. 3, 2024, 7:30 p.m. - Tjaard Breeuwer
Totally agree. I’m a bike fitter. Guess what happens when you do a bike fit? The wheels don’t touch the ground! I use a trainer for pedaling fit, and a pedal support frame for gravity riding fit assessment. I could take the wheels out of your bike, and it wouldn’t matter. Body position, range of motion and weight distribution all stay the same when you change wheel size. Now, if companies put in reach adjust headsets and eccentric bottom brackets, we could actually make bikes fit bigger. Otherwise, it just looks bigger, but will still handle just as good or bad as it did before the wheel swap, and like Jotegir mentions, wheels aren’t cheap, so if you don’t have a second hand pair, you’re better off selling the bike and buying a new, bigger, bike.