{"id":12420,"date":"2026-05-22T12:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/?p=12420"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:00:16","slug":"my-32-cents-on-32-inch-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/2026\/05\/my-32-cents-on-32-inch-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"My 32 cents on 32 inch wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"en\" src=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/en.gif\" alt=\"en\" width=\"27\" height=\"21\" \/>I haven't posted in a long time, but I thought I'd come out of hibernation to share my thoughts on the 32\" revolution that's definitely, maybe, probably coming soon. A month ago, I got my hands on a pair of Velocity Blunt 35 from Jorrit at <a href=\"https:\/\/munrowheels.de\/\">Munro Wheels<\/a> together with some custom length Sapim spokes, I laced the wheels to some DT swiss 350 hubs (Boost 110mm in the front and SuperBoost 157mm in the back) and found some Maxxis 32x2.4 tires on <a href=\"https:\/\/r2-bike.com\/en\/32-inch-mtb-tires\">R2-Bike<\/a>. Finding the wheels was the prerequisite, the rest followed.<\/p>\n<p>I decided from the get-go that I wouldn't even try to get a suspension fork, I love a simple bike and suspensions are something I would love to do without. I tried building a fat bike a few years back and hoped the big volumes tires would provide enough plush and they did, I loved the BMX sort of vibe, the big grip, monster truck kinda feeling but the Q-factor of the cranks and the heavy\/sluggish drag of the fat wheels kinda killed the fun.<\/p>\n<p>When I came across the 32\" wheels, it triggered that idea again. What if those bigger wheels that were also used on <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">stagecoaches before tires and suspensions were invented could soften the ride enough to go full rigid. I have to admit, I was skeptical, but still very curious, but hey, that's why I started a workshop in the first place, to try out stuff, to tinker.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I built a complete bike, I took it for a ride on my local singletracks (in Hareskov for the locals) and there is definitely something to it, it's very interesting and I'm still processing it, but I want to let it rest over the weekend to try and explain what I like about it, stay tuned for an update :-)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fr\" src=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/fr.gif\" alt=\"en\" width=\"27\" height=\"21\" \/> coming soon...<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/oTm_32_prototype.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"padding: 8px; border-style: solid; -moz-border-top-colors: none; -moz-border-right-colors: none; -moz-border-bottom-colors: none; -moz-border-left-colors: none; border-color: #dddddd #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #dddddd; border-width: 1px 2px 2px 1px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/oTm_32_prototype.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15A94BE1-4981-431C-941C-83FF49255BFC.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"padding: 8px; border-style: solid; -moz-border-top-colors: none; -moz-border-right-colors: none; -moz-border-bottom-colors: none; -moz-border-left-colors: none; border-color: #dddddd #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #dddddd; border-width: 1px 2px 2px 1px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15A94BE1-4981-431C-941C-83FF49255BFC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/F63A6BC2-B5EF-4E6C-8B04-BF261A0880D6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"padding: 8px; border-style: solid; -moz-border-top-colors: none; -moz-border-right-colors: none; -moz-border-bottom-colors: none; -moz-border-left-colors: none; border-color: #dddddd #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #dddddd; border-width: 1px 2px 2px 1px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/F63A6BC2-B5EF-4E6C-8B04-BF261A0880D6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t posted in a long time, but I thought I&#8217;d come out of hibernation to share my thoughts on the 32&#8243; revolution that&#8217;s definitely, maybe, probably coming soon. A month ago, I got my hands on a pair of Velocity Blunt 35 from Jorrit at Munro Wheels together with some custom length Sapim spokes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12420"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12431,"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12420\/revisions\/12431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otmbikes.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}