David Folch is the founder and CEO of Dirty Sixer, a boutique bike builder focused on fitting tall riders with big wheel bikes. The Dirty Sixer line currently features gravel, all-road, and electric bikes, and will soon include a mountain bike with 32" wheels.
- How did your brand Dirty Sixer get started?
- How tall do you have to be for a 32er to make sense?
- What are some of the MTB geometry challenges involved in designing around 32" wheels? Does anything get easier in terms of fitting tall riders thanks to the bigger wheels?
- Has tire availability limited the development of 32" wheel bikes up until this point?
- Are any current MTB forks designed to fit 32" wheels?
- You hinted that you're working on a full-suspension mountain bike with 32" wheels. What are the challenges involved in designing a bike like that?
- Will a 36er mountain bike ever be viable in terms of tire and fork availability?
- There are several comments on your Instagram posts from people who are against the idea of a mountain bike with 32" wheels, seemingly because this would represent another standard. Do you think 32" wheels will ever gain significant traction like 29er wheels did in the early 2000s?
- What's next for you in terms of big wheel mountain bike development?
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