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Merit Jumbo, a Big-Wheel 750d Carbon Gravel Bike You Didn’t Know You Needed: First Rides

Merit Jumbo 750d big-wheeled carbon gravel bike, riding gravel cobbles
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This carbon Merit Jumbo is the first production gravel bike to embrace 750d wheels, and we got an exclusive chance to be the first to test-ride it. Yes, this is a new wheel size. Yes, the tire and wheel options are still quite limited. But especially for taller riders, 750d could make some sense. So we wanted to give it a closer look…

Merit Jumbo 750d big-wheeled carbon gravel bike

Merit Jumbo 750d big-wheeled carbon gravel bike, and it's just a notmal-looking bike
(Photos/Cory Benson)

The driving factor of an all-new wheel size is tire and rim availability. WTB set this ball in motion when they rolled out their prototype 750d x 40mm Nano last summer before the MADE show, with alloy i25 750d wheels to match. Then at MADE, we got a closer look at the custom titanium Moots CRDD gravel bike that showcased the new wheel size. But 750d hasn’t quite taken the world by storm just yet, and that CRDD still hasn’t made it into the official production line-up in Steamboat.

Merit Jumbo 750d big-wheeled carbon gravel bike, WTB Byway 34x750 semi-slick gravel tire

Still, WTB has added a fast-rolling Byway 750d semi-slick now, too.

Merit Jumbo 750d big-wheeled carbon gravel bike, riding roots

Bigger wheels mean better rolling over rough terrain, the ability to run lower tire pressure, and thus improved grip. We all know how 29″ wheels were a game-changer that made 26″ obsolete. (And WTB was the first to make a 29er production tire, a Nano too!) And for a gravel bike that also just means smoother riding over those same washboard gravel roads. Plus, for longer-distance riding, those larger diameter (and thus heavier) wheels should help maintain momentum, too.

But the other real big benefit here is a better fit for bigger riders. And not only because it looks more proportional.

And Merit has you covered now!

Geometry, not so different than we’re used to

Merit Jumbo 750d big-wheeled carbon gravel bike, normal bike geometry

The Merit Jumbo 750d may have much bigger wheels than we are used to. But the geometry here isn’t all that different. Merit did in fact design this big-wheeled bike for taller gravel cyclists, but it’s really not all that big. Design, and prototyped in titanium (which may also be offered down the road), now the carbon bike is ready. The L will fit a lot of medium to taller riders, the XL & XXL though are pretty exclusively for taller riders who might have trouble fitting on a conventional bike.

The smaller of the 3 sizes on offer – the Large that I tested – has a shorter frame Reach and lower Stack than the M Grail that I recently tested, but slightly longer/higher than the M Ruut or M Yasei. The Large Jumbo’s fit on paper is a bit between a M & L in my mind.

It gets quite short 435mm chainstays to manage those extra-large wheels. And relatively steep 70° head angle and 72° seattube, again to help give this extra-wagon-wheeled bike a snappy feel. The larger 750d wheels and extra rubber are invariably going to be heavier than 700c, so the quicker handling is there to prevent a sluggish feel.

Jumbo 750d – Tech details

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, frame detail

Merit developed this all-new carbon Jumbo 750d frame from scratch with the same Carbon frame manufacturer that has been making their conventional 700c carbon gravel framesets since around 2015. But it’s also not so much bigger than an adventure-ready 700c gravel bike, so you could still run 700x50mm gravel/XC tires for a more conventional setup.

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, headtube logo with internal cable routing
  • 1100g frame (claimed, size L)
  • full carbon 1.5″ tapered steerer fork
  • 1.5″ IS headset with full internal cable routing
  • universal derailleur hanger (UDH) with T-type direct mount compatibility
  • T47 bottom bracket
  • 27.2mm seatpost, with a 31.8 conventional seatpost clamp
  • flat mount FM160 disc brakes, 180mm rotor possible in the front only
  • Road Boost thru-axle spacing – 12x110mm front & 12x148mm rear
  • 750d x 45mm max tire clearance, or 29×2″ / 700c x 50mm (+5mm clearance in the fork)
  • 1x only, with a 46T max chainring (47.5mm chainline)
  • 3-bolt downtube & 2-bolt seattube bottle cage mounts, plus toptube bag mounts

Merit Turbo 750d Carbon Gravel Wheels

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, Merit Turbo 750 25mm internal x 35mm deep carbon wheels

A big part of making this 750d project make sense was lighter wheels. As soon as WTB was ready to announce their 750d Nano gravel tire to the world last summer, of course, they needed a rim to mount it to. Just making a slightly larger diameter i25 aluminum rim was easy enough. But the tires are already going to be about 10% heavier than 700c, and the wheels were going to be even heavier due to the need for more spokes and wider hubs.

So from day 1, Merit set out to make lighter carbon 750d rims, as well. Opening up their own new mold, Merit opted for a light 35mm deep carbon rim, with a 25mm internal hookless bead. That helped them shed a few hundred grams off the complete wheelset. The wide carbon rim provides good support to the WTB tires, originally designed over 7 years ago for narrower rims.

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, Road Boost hubs

Merit says a big benefit to the larger diameter wheels is actually the wider Boost hubs and longer spokes, which do a good job at absorbing gravel road buzz while maintaining good lateral stiffness for predictable handling. Merit built the carbon wheels I tested with CX-Ray spokes (some of the best in the industry). But they also tested a new wheel build with carbon spokes that will be substantially lighter, while keeping the needed strength & stiffness.

  • 25mm internal
  • hookless tubeless bead – 660mm bead seat diameter
  • 31mm external x 35mm deep with a classic blunt nose aero profile
  • 495g per rim (claimed)
  • complete wheelsets built up with alloy Bitex Road Boost hubs with 12mm thru-axles
  • 28 straight-pull Sapim CX-Ray bladed spokes per wheel, expected to be lighter with carbon spokes
  • complete wheelset weights of around 1650g now as I tested

750d vs. 700c sizing comparison

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, looks like a normal bike with good proportions

The Jumbo doesn’t actually look all that jumbo in reality. I might say proportion-wise that this Large with 750d wheels looks pretty similar to a normal Medium gravel bike with 700c wheels. So how does this big wheel size compare to the rollout or circumference of other wheels in our workshop?

  • 750d x 40mm on a 25mm internal rim measures 43mm wide and is 756 in diameter, for a calculated circumference of 2375mm.
  • A 700c x 40mm tire is measured at 2190mm around at 697mm in diameter,
  • a 29er (also 700c) x 2.4″ XC tire measures 2305mm in circumference for a 734mm height overall
  • a 29 x 2.6″ enduro tire measures 2320mm around to come in at 738mm in diameter.
2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, NDS BAAW

So yes, 750d is quite a bit bigger than classic 700c – and will make you 8% faster with the same gearing and tire size. But compared to a proper 29er mountain bike tire, you’re looking at a wheel that’s only about 1cm bigger in radius, or an axle that’s 1cm higher off the ground. It’s a big enough difference I couldn’t fit the 750d wheel in the gravel bike I have fitted with a 2.4″ mountain bike tire.

Putting the 29×2″ mountain bike tire that Merit says will fit in the Jumbo would only have about a 3% change on your top speed vs. the 40mm tire. In fact, it would be only 1.5% smaller than the 34mm WTB Byways that I test-rode.

Riding Impressions: A First Ride Review

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, fast on dirt roads

OK, but how does it ride?

Last week, I took one of the first two pre-production Merit Jumbo 750d to familiar gravel roads and singletrack mountain bike trails on the outskirts of Prague to see how it handled. Without looking at geometry tables, I just set my saddle height and rode away. And my first impression, was wow, this bike is big. Then, I realized the saddle was slammed all the way back, and a bit too low. So, quickly putting the saddle in the right spot, immediately it felt like I was on the right-sized bike all of a sudden.

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, smooth but slow-handling in tight singletrack

The bike is undeniably big, but it’s not really the geometry. The geo and fit of the bike were pretty close to what I might want in a modern gravel bike with a short stem and a relatively narrow bar. (I am 185cm tall, and sometimes ride a large gravel bike, but often size down to a medium.) I was comfortable on the Jumbo 750d, but at the start of the ride when I moved from doubletrack forest roads to singletrack, I could instantly feel that it was more work to maneuver those big wheels through twisty spots, and quick ups & downs

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, smooth over field tracks

The Jumbo made smooth work of an otherwise bumpy field crossing. The big wheels rolled over roots in the trail like they weren’t there. They smoothed chunky rocks, too. Even with these relatively low-volume, 36mm wide (marked 34×750) WTB Byway semi-slicks. And yet, it was still manageable on tight sections.

But this is a bike that begs for fast open stretches…

Shining on open dirt & gravel roads

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, fast on gravel roads

Yeah, this is a bike meant to rack up kilometers. On longer, straighter sections I could spin the big wheels up to speed, and they would effortlessly stay there. Maybe described as slightly sluggish on technical singletrack, on the gravel roads this bike was actually designed for, it was downright fast and stable. All-day comfort comes to mind.

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, Redshift stem

My only real downside is that I would rather swap on an 80mm stem (vs. the 100mm Redshift) and a narrower handlebar (vs. Merit’s own 46cm wide carbon Rodla loop bar that’s 10cm wider in the drops.) But Merit expects they’ll sell most of these as framesets anyway.

These big wheels are always going to be a bit slower to turn, so a bit quicker handling cockpit setup would do wonders to balance that out. I was pleasantly surprised by how much grip I got out of the slick & narrow Byways. But unless you are riding more asphalt than gravel, the 40×750 Nano is the best tire choice for the Jumbo. Now, we just need more people to buy into the 750d concept, so more lightweight tire options will come to market!

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, 9.1kg actual weight

At 9.1kg complete with 1650g wheels, it’s not much heavier than conventional gravel bikes, and none of the components here are ultra-fancy, weight weenie tech. So there is weight to be saved if you want. In any case, I had an easy time keeping up with a friend on an 8.5kg 700c gravel race bike with 1550g aero wheels that sells for about 10% more than the Jumbo.

Merit Jumbo 750d – Pricing, options & availability

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, riding gravel

So, it looks like the Czech gravel specialists at Merit Bikes are the first to bring a 750d production gravel bike to market. And really, it just looks like a normal, well-proportioned bike.

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, frameset

The new Merit Jumbo 759d carbon gravel bike is available to pre-order now here in all three sizes (L-XXL). Framesets retail for ~1600€ (40,000czk). But in reality, only the Large mold is already 100% finished and tested. So, pre-orders for those first L framesets will be the first available, with deliveries to start this October. Merit is finalizing the XL & XXL frame molds now, and those sizes are expected to ship to customers in January 2025.

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, complete bike

Complete bike pre-orders are also possible now. The complete Merit Jumbo 750d Rival GX Mullet AXS bike build like I tested with carbon 750d wheels sells for ~4800€ (120,000czk). Merit will offer more complete bike builds, once the frames are available in stock. Merit regularly ships its frames, wheels, and complete bikes across the EU. And sometimes works with buyers further afield as well.

Merit has toyed with the design of a fourth Medium size that they may make available in the future if there is real consumer demand. They also talked about opening sales of their full carbon forks down the road – if custom steel, aluminum, or titanium frame builders want to offer a 750d option to their line-up. Merit even designed the Project 750d carbon fork to add 3-pack anything cage mounts in the future, if the 750d bikepacking scene takes off in a big way.

2024 Merit Jumbo 750d new bigger wheel carbon gravel bike, riding outside of Prague

Are you ready for bigger wheels again? Let us know in the comments below!

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Larry T
1 month ago

26″ 29″ 650b, 700c, now 750d,,,how long until 800f? Change doesn’t always = better as my old 26″ MTB converted to gravel bike with 50 mm slicks proves

I'm up for 750d
I'm up for 750d
1 month ago
Reply to  Larry T

Increased diameter & width = lower rolling resistance.

bead seat diameters compared for you
622 = 700c = 29″
660 = 750d = NEW
686 = 32″ = existing size for unicycle, some bikes are made in this size
787 = 36″= existing size for unicycle, some bikes are made in this size

So, it’s a size that’s in between current sizes, albeit 32″ is barely used. I’m sad that the inventors of 750d didn’t make the BSD 6mmm bigger = 666 = 2/3 of the way between 700c and 32″. Missed opportunity…then again, using that number may have inflamed some types??

Woody
Woody
1 month ago

Lol at quoting unicycle specs to make 750d look less of an oddball. 10/10 for effort!

Larry T
1 month ago

Increased diameter & width = lower rolling resistance.
Proven by…? And how much do I care?

Balderdash
Balderdash
1 month ago
Reply to  Larry T

Respectfully, your old 26″ MTB conversion probably sucks compared to modern high end gravel bikes (like this one). That’s fine, I ride a few bikes that suck as well. The difference is that I don’t try to tell people that my old sucky bikes are just as good as new high end stuff.

tertius_decimus
tertius_decimus
1 month ago
Reply to  Balderdash

The old bike doesn’t suck. It does what it was intended to do: to get you from point A to point B. You do. Because all of a sudden you realized you cannot ride anymore without this new amazing standard. Life will never be the same for you knowing you have got another material object to glorify. Consume, consume, consume.

Balderdash
Balderdash
1 month ago

My friend, I was simply pointing out to the fellow above that this purpose built, high end gravel bike is a better gravel bike than his conversion. In that same comment, I admitted to riding bikes that also suck relative to newer, higher end bikes. I will continue to ride my sucky old bikes without having any such realizations because I simply do not care. I am confident that newer, higher end bikes are better that my hoopties and have no problem admitting so.

tertius_decimus
tertius_decimus
1 month ago
Reply to  Balderdash

Define “better”. Better at what? To whom?

The issue you’re havnig, my friend, is thinking that newer automatically means “better”. That is not the case most of the time. Planned obsolescence is very much real. By “better” I mean simplicity of construction, quality of materials, quality of assembly, quality control, longevity, dependability and on top of all – the price. Old bikes check on all of these boxes. New bikes are meant to be replaced in 2-4 years of not that hard riding. I have 1980’s track and road bikes that still run smoothly with zero hiccups. If maintained properly, these can outlive my aging body.

Ask yourself why do you want a new shiny bike. Be honest. Because the old one is broken or because the money you have burns through your pocket?

Balderdash
Balderdash
1 month ago

This is a super smooth brained take. Do you want me to consider the Platonic form of the ideal bike? I can’t help you there, but let’s put our experience to work instead: Have you ever taken a really nice new bike out for a spin? If so, then meditate about that experience and then compare it to the experience you have while riding an old clunker. For example: I do most of my riding on a road bike I’ve had for 15 years, it is fine. It’d be better if it were lighter, had disc brakes, could clear bigger tires, and if I’m allowed to be really picky, electronic shifting would be great, it could honestly be a bit stiffer too. Hey, most new road bikes satisfy all those criteria.

And if you actually read my comments, you’d realize that your criticism of me really misses the mark here. I don’t want a new bike badly enough to even consider buying one, mine are fine. I simply think it is comical that some commenters here don’t see how this awesome new gravel bike is better than some sucky old converted MTB.

Also, new bikes will last far more than 2-4 years of hard riding. Who told you that? Maybe they were just being silly and you didn’t realize it?

NREsq
NREsq
1 month ago

For me, it’s the money burning.

You got a problem with that? Bugger off!

Larry T
1 month ago

+1

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago

Most things do as they’re intended to do but with time, those things get better. Not sure I’d want this but they doesn’t mean it’s not better. You can be sure a new Honda Civic is intended to do what a 1985 Civic was intended to do but the new one will do it better.

tertius_decimus
tertius_decimus
1 month ago
Reply to  Veganpotter

Like what? Getting engine knock at 35000 miles? Thanks, but no, thanks. 1985 Civic was dependable.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago

For every five 85 Civics that got to 35,000, one was already festering with rust that would eat the entire car. And 85 Civics knock too

NREsq
NREsq
1 month ago

Wow! Keep your old junk and ride it as long as you want. But living with crap don’t exactly make you noble, ya know?

Fitness
Fitness
1 month ago
Reply to  Balderdash

Balderdash is 100% correct

Dirt McGirt
Dirt McGirt
1 month ago
Reply to  Balderdash

What an absolutely narrow-minded crappy take. Saying it with your whole chest gets you points, though. 5/10

Larry T
1 month ago
Reply to  Balderdash

Except I own a “modern high-end gravel bike” too so…your point is….

Robin
Robin
1 month ago
Reply to  Larry T

Proves to you, not necessarily anyone else. After all, your proof is entirely subjective. It’s worth noting that your taste is not better than anyone else’s, and that means other folks are allowed to love their bikes, EVEN IF they’re different than what you ride.

Get used to the idea that your opinions are not facts.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  Robin

Nothing wrong with using what you have and being attached to it. But people that still use and love their tube TVs as being better than anything new are certainly crazy

Larry T
1 month ago
Reply to  Robin

You are correct – it’s merely my opinion. An opinion formed over a long time and after riding a whole lot of bikes including a modern 13-speed, high-end gravel bike that I own. The only real issue I have with the MTB conversion is the loooong top tube which stretches me out a bit too much no matter what I do with the stem…so in that sense a purpose-built gravel bike (provided the size is right) is better…but at what cost? In my case it was $1000’s.

Pejouska
Pejouska
1 month ago

The industry has been awash with proprietary nonsense and the next new ‘tech’ for years. A number of brands have begun to buck this trend due to financial pressures and rightly so because the consumer is fed up with it all. But, oh look, here’s a brand that wants to bring in a different wheel size. That means new tyre and tube sizes as well across the board. Given also ” it’s only marginally heavier than a conventional gravel bike” it should be consigned to the bin where it belongs

Thomas
Thomas
1 month ago
Reply to  Pejouska

It will be, don’t worry. It’s all hogwash.
I pity the fool who falls for the latest trend just for the sake of novelty.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  Thomas

Do you have a fixed gear, flip flop wheel, and tubulars? Because every advancement after that was hogwash and useless novelties.

Larry T
1 month ago
Reply to  Veganpotter

Sadly you folks are all the same, it’s either the “newest-latest” marketing-maven driven “gotta have” or you must be riding Eugene Christophe’s bike from 1910. Some things reach a sort of “peak design” and what follows is mostly marketing-maven BS to appeal to those who don’t know the difference.

Oliver
Oliver
1 month ago

the idea of larger wheels for bigger riders is sound. however 1) there are way better frames with more clearance out there than this one (without a 750d label). 2) lack of tires available – WTB are hot garbage.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  Oliver

WTB makes most of the 32″ crap tires too.

Vivian
Vivian
1 month ago
Reply to  Oliver

the idea of larger wheels for bigger riders is sound. 

But is it? It may match proportionally but that’s only aesthetics. The wheels don’t know or care who’s riding them. Frame geometry needs to match a rider size but wheel OD is mainly related to how the tyre interacts with the ground, what works best for expected bump size and frequency.
One area I’d say wheel size may help with rider size is that a larger rider has a higher COM and a larger wheel OD creates more BB drop. That will help resist endos or aid very steep climbing. How important that is on a gravel bike depends on the rider.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  Vivian

There’s more stability with a bigger wheel and tall people have a higher center of gravity. The necessary longer wheelbase can certainly make some terrain fairly unrideable though. I know my first TT bike had 650s. Fine for shorter people on small bikes. But very twitchy with a 54cm frame.

Johann
Johann
1 month ago

And in 2 years we’ll hear of a new hub width cause the bracing of the spokes on 750d isn’t providing adequate wheel rigidity… And another 2 years later it will cascade to other wheel sizes. OK.

tertius_decimus
tertius_decimus
1 month ago
Reply to  Johann

And then engineers will SUDDENLY realize that the new hub standard might get benefit from wider Q-factor upon which we’ll need another BB standard and also the rear derailleur standard to cover 16-speed 1x cassettes that will be announced the very next day you’ve forked out measly $17999.95 for a new shiny bike that accomodates all these newfangled technological marvels.

Bike industry, please stahp. Stahp.

Jim
Jim
1 month ago

Maybe we should go back to wood structure frames with solid metal rods that push into the tire to stop. Like 1905. Tech moves on

tertius_decimus
tertius_decimus
1 month ago
Reply to  Jim

Your logic is flawed. Because you resort to reductio ad absurdum. Thou shall not commit logical fallacies.

nooner
nooner
1 month ago

1x only = total fail

B Barber
B Barber
1 month ago

Glad I’m not in a shop anymore. Standards always changing, how many tire to stock for what conditions etc..
no gravel within 100 miles of me so really not anything I would look at. But if it gets more people riding in all for it

King County
King County
1 month ago

I don’t know what to say that hasn’t been already except that ‘Merritt’ is a different company specializing in freestyle BMX. I wonder what came first.

Marcel
Marcel
1 month ago
Reply to  King County

I thought it was a Merida until I realized there were too many typos. Then I saw it was my mistake.

Exodux
Exodux
1 month ago

Can’t we just live with what we currently have? 29″ mtb’s are fine, 700c gravel is fine.
I may see a fringe where something 36″ would appeal to very tall riders, but this is very limited. A 750d, which in my understanding is a little smaller than 32″. What’s next, 32″ gains traction, then all of a sudden we need 33″ or 34″?
29″ and 700c are not going away anytime soon and supporting these larger wheel sizes is a choice that we will not be forced into. It’s just silly that you see these products that really don’t solve any issues.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  Exodux

I think anything bigger than 700c is pretty useless to most people. But people that are very tall can benefit from bigger wheels. At 6’1″, I’d want a bike with bigger wheels as a toy but I doubt I’d benefit in any scenario I enjoy riding in. If I were over 6’5″, then I’d definitely want a bigger wheel.

Hamjam
Hamjam
1 month ago
Reply to  Veganpotter

I’m 7ft tall. I bought a much bigger microwave oven. I LOVE it. It’s more proportional to my height.

gibbon
gibbon
1 month ago

As a taller person it seems unfair that everybody else gets toe overlap but I don’t. This innovation levels the playing field so us taller people can get the benefits of toe overlap too. Bravo.

Jiri
1 month ago
Reply to  gibbon

There is not toe overlap.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  gibbon

While you wait to get one of these bikes, you can get 215mm cranks to get that toe overlap you desire!!!

nooner
nooner
1 month ago

Bigger is better! That’s what she said..

Nick
Nick
1 month ago

I’m 6’8″ and I approve of this direction 😉

MTB Greg
MTB Greg
1 month ago
Reply to  Nick

I’m 6’2″ with long legs and I’m very interest in this development.

bigtom726
bigtom726
1 month ago
Reply to  Nick

I am too. I love the idea…but the XXL, well, isn’t. Am I missing something?

Astro_Kraken
Astro_Kraken
1 month ago

There sure are a lot of people who don’t like new things on the new thing bicycle page.

Fred
Fred
1 month ago
Reply to  Astro_Kraken

Retrogrouches should simply remove BikeRumor from their regular reading websites

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  Astro_Kraken

They should stick to 80s and 90s bike magazines.

Gary P
Gary P
1 month ago

I could see this wheel size for MTB’s, but I’d be worried about toe overlap with conventional gravel bike geometry.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  Gary P

I’m probably just barely short enough to get nearly no benefit from this. But with that, I’d want it on a mountain bike the very least. A touring bike could be fun, and possibly a gravel bike

theKaiser
theKaiser
1 month ago

750d is quite a bit bigger than classic 700c – and will make you 8% faster with the same gearing and tire size

nooner
nooner
1 month ago
Reply to  theKaiser

It all depends on usage and conditions bruh. Larger wheels accelerate like a garbage truck. In certain start, stop, accelerate, hop off and run, conditions (like a CX race) the larger wheel size can be a liability. and for the record I am a fan of this wheel size development.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
1 month ago
Reply to  theKaiser

You need the power to get that 8%. It only works that way if you were undergeared with a 700c tire.

mud
mud
1 month ago

Once again comments on BR fail to disappoint. Cory, I miss the beard.

Hexsense
Hexsense
1 month ago

At which point does making wheels bigger to smooth out the terrain cost more than using smaller wheels with suspension?

Marlon
Marlon
1 month ago

Why not go 29″ for gravel? This will take forever to even get considered. The industry cannot even agree on tolerances on 700c tubeless atm, so why not make it 29?

Alan
Alan
1 month ago
Reply to  Marlon

What? I’ll just have to assume this was an attempt at humor.

Jared
Jared
1 month ago
Reply to  Alan

Should we tell him?

Fitness
Fitness
1 month ago
Reply to  Jared

700c and 29” are definitely mutually exclusive

Alan
Alan
1 month ago

To the folks that complain about new bike wheel standards, go try and buy the “standard” car tire size, or motorcycle, or even a wheelbarrow tire. Bicycle tires standards are probably the MOST standard, even with this addition. Most of the “new” standards people whine about are actually not new, just a new application of an existing standard. And don’t forget that with the adoption for a new application there has historically been a drop in use of an old one (26”, 27”, 650c, etc), so really we stay pretty even.

carbonnation
1 month ago

2-words: Penny Farthing. Thank you, goodnight.

Kool Stop Tyre Lever Sales Dept.
Kool Stop Tyre Lever Sales Dept.
1 month ago
Reply to  carbonnation

Rene Herse 54in tubeless, coming soon.
How big a CO2 cylinder do you need for a 54″ ?

slartibartfast
slartibartfast
1 month ago

I don’t want marginal increase in diameter. Give me 32″ already!

PoorInRichfield
PoorInRichfield
1 month ago

Reading through the comments just confirms that cyclists, or at least the ones that post online, are some of the most change-resistant people on the planet. Not to mention that no where in this article does it say that the bike industry is going to switch all bikes to 750d wheels, it’s just another option if you’re interested… so relax people.

I like the bike and could easily see it being of interest to those that ride a lot of miles through rough terrain. Anything that would help smooth-out the gopher holes in the trails near me would be welcome! It’s definitely a niche bike, but a nice option for those that would benefit.

XxX0XxX
XxX0XxX
1 month ago

Need!!!

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