Jan Heine wrote:
>
> In Germany, traditionally, 700C bikes have been called "28 Zoll" or "28
> inches." Maybe a German listmember will have some info why this was.
>
700C is a French designation. Here we used 28 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4" etc
> When I was growing up in Germany, there were plentiful supplies of older
> bikes from the 1950s and 1960s - not ligthweights, but what the British
> called "sit up and beg" bikes. Most were "26 inch" (does this correspond
> to the modern 559 mm size?)
No, these were probably 590mm, 26 x 1 3/8
btw there are about half a dozen diferent 20" sizes around, not two
-- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands