Thoughts on Strida Wheel Sizes

Hi Strida Fan’s, I have posted this info on Strida Wheel sizes on my website as part of my Strida Explained series. I would be interested to know other Strida Fan’s thoughts.

stridacanada.ca/strida-wheel-sizes-explained/

Cheers, Bill

Of course it is - just like any other brand which is using these wheel sizes.
Naturally very confusing and without logic for the average user,
I believe even really experienced personnel may fail here - the ETRTO standardization can be misleading, more below.

To be honest - I’d prefer to have 16 inch tyres and 349er rims.
Ah what?
:open_mouth:

Yes, because you get much more tyre choice, spike tyres are available in 349!

Check yourself at Schwalbe how many sizes and types would fit for;

355:
32-355 (Kojak)
35-355 (Marathon) discontinued
1 hit

349:
30-349 (Spike)
32-349 (Kojak)
35-349 (Marathon, Marathon Plus)
4 hits

Guess the ratio 355:349 of other companies will be similar…

But back to the ETRTO standardization; according to this are shown below

  • two standard Strida 16 inch 305er wheels

  • one standard Strida 18 inch 355er wheel

  • and a 16" (sixteen!) inch 349 wheel - which is actually 6 mm smaller than above mentioned 18 inch wheel!

Conclusion:
3 mm are one inch…

…if that’s not confusing…