--- In bentechriders@yahoogroups.com, Phil Prosser <p.prosser@...> wrote:
>
> As standard, a Bentech frame is built to take a 26 inch rear wheel.
> It's hard to get a 26 inch wheel with a narrow rim (at least in
Europe)-
> the narrowest I've ever found is 1.5 inch. If you really want to go
> fast, it might be worth asking Dom to build it to take a 700C rear
> wheel. Then you can fit really light, narrow, fast racing tyres.
>
> Then again, there's a school of thought that says a fat tyre on a
> smaller wheel, pumped up hard, has a smaller footprint than a narrow
> tyre on a larger wheel, and so goes faster...
>
> I think it's fair to say too that Bentechs aren't the lightest or
the most aero 'bents around - if it's all out speed you're after,
something from Challenge or Toxy might be nearer the mark... but more
money of course.
>

I have a 26" rear wheel with a 22mm width rim (7/8"). Its a Velocity
(can't remember model, it's the offset spoke one) I run 1.5" tyres on
this and it rols really well.

My average speeds for my commute are around the 30km/hr one way and
22km/hr the other. I have a long 3km climb back up to my house which
is a pain after work in the afternoon. So terrain does make a real
difference to average speed.

Still haven't finished my Bentech properly, still to paint it and a
few other little things, but I'm getting there.

Paul