[CR]Brian's tire size question

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Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:00:00 -0400
To: classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: [CR]Brian's tire size question

Brian asked:

My question is this. Why is the 650 "B" wheel the big busty tire and the 650 "C" the smaller one? If these were bras this is all backwards, right? How did this happen??

Sheldon, of course has an explanation - http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html

Roy "backward bras?!" Drinkwater
Lititz, PA