Tyres are shipping to me today, hopefully I’ll have them before the end of the week.
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https://www.mtb-news.de/news/craft-bike-days-2025-32-zoll/#dead-rabbit-xco-32
few more - note the 32” dissector 2
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Exciting times for us Sasquatches.
Even though go to Germany every year I can’t read or speak it. Will need to use translate.
Thanks for posting
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Just a quick note for anyone in Europe still considering doing some 32” wheel stuff. I have aluminium rims in stock here which are way more affordable than the carbon stuff (which I also have in stock). But I am starting to run low. I’m not sure that I’m going to be restocking these. I only had them made as I wanted some for my own builds. I’m pretty sure they’ll become available generally soon, I never wanted to be a rim supplier!
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I think the route of the real question we all have is, can you bump jump a curb with a 32? This will be the true measure of its success or failure. A BMX can bump jump a 2x4 with perfect grace. It’s as if the 2x4 and 20” wheel were designed for each other🤔
A thesis on that later. But what of curbs? if 32s be a good fit the the average curb… This will automize all city streets to be a bump jump playground. End of days kind of stuff. Kids riding 32s. Cats and dogs living together. The end of the 26 as we know it. Omg.
there may be a discussion of responsibility required by the frame building community.
this is of course if 32s can in fact bump jump a curb.
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You’ll all be happy to know that I had quantum computer compute the numbers on this. Assuming 6” curb height. We would need 80” wheels to replicate a bump jump feel. I’ll start an 80” wheel thread.
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im now fully assimilated to 32” on the front at least. my Willow 32/29 mullet is such a rad bike! im using the nextie and aspen and over the months have been keeping track of pressure. for contexts sake i ride mildly rocky, lots of wet roots and woodsy trails. This is not 4 corners, or Portes du soleil stuff. however - i have settled at 11 psi on the front got down to 9 but was too squirmy (im 90kg more or less btw).
this set up is 350g lighter at the rim than my carbon/52 external rim/minion 29x3” set up and id say in this terrain is clearly out performing it.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DTkaloHDI1k/
Schwalbe has entered the chat, finally with some gravel-sized options! Personally pretty stoked to take a crack at an XL-sized gravel bike once I can get my hands on these.
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Another fork option.
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Going to be slapping together a 32” gravel bike shortly. Anyone got any tips on geo or care to share geo on there previous builds? Haven’t seen much info on what people have experimented with.
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This is my contribution, a bikepacking/mtb/gravel design for me being tacked together at the moment.
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I’m super curious about your body measurements, That’s a short reach for a 32” wheel size.
If you’re willing to share.
also @sikocycles and @60to09 would you mind sharing body measurements? I’m super curious how 32” applies across the various body sizes.
I am 6’5” in freedom units. 240 LBS
195.5 cm 108kg
I really don’t know my measurements. Only know I like a 500ish reach.
I am very far from a bike designer. I pretty much copied the Neuhaus Nova geo
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182 cm and 80 kg, pretty ordinary measurements, I used my other bikes for reference.
Size-wise I probably have no justification for 32 wheel size but was curious and needed an excuse for a new build. The goal with the geometry is a quick bike with a comfortable, upright position. I tried to minimize the wheelbase while keeping an ok front/rear balance and without risking any toe overlap, this left some margin for a longer stem than the one in the drawing. I hope to bring the bike to Storuman Gravel XL this summer and if so, I will put tri bars on it.
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For those who think you must be trippin’ to want 32” wheels…
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