Stop right there. Before anyone orders carbon rims the size of penny-farthings, road wheels are not getting bigger. Not to 32 inches. Not now, not ever.
Yes, tyre brands are messing around with prototypes. Yes, a few prototype bikes have appeared and leaked on Instagram; yes, the message boards are alive with rumours; and no doubt, someone, somewhere, has murmured “performance potential”. But the road cycling world has already looked at the idea, squinted, rolled its collective eyes, and moved on to something more useful instead.
